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segmentation

[ seg-muh n-tey-shuh n ]

/ ˌsɛg mənˈteɪ ʃən /

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noun

division into segments.

Biology.

the subdivision of an organism or of an organ into more or less equivalent parts.
cell division.

Origin of segmentation

First recorded in 1850–55; segment + -ation

OTHER WORDS FROM segmentation

non·seg·men·ta·tion, noun

Words nearby segmentation

segmental anesthesia, segmental neuritis, segmental neuropathy, segmentalize, segmentalized, segmentation, segmentation cavity, segmentectomy, segmented cell, segmentize, segni

Example sentences from the Web for segmentation

A segmentation cavity appears when sixteen segments are formed, and becomes somewhat larger at the stage with thirty-two.

The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume II (of 4) |Francis Maitland Balfour
The segmentation is also generally emphasized, as shown in all the examples on the plate, but in its simplicity in Fig. 10.

Colouration in Animals and Plants |Alfred Tylor
Wilson, separation of segmentation spheres of amphioxus egg, 60.

The Biological Problem of To-day |Oscar Hertwig
An equatorial plane divides it into two parts, which have equal shares in bounding the segmentation cavity.

The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1 |Francis Maitland Balfour

(f) The segmentation of the body is anomomeristic in the more archaic members of each class, nomomeristic in the higher members.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 |Various

British Dictionary definitions for segmentation

segmentation

/ (ˌsɛɡmɛnˈteɪʃən) /

noun

the act or an instance of dividing into segments

embryol another name for cleavage (def. 4)

zoology another name for metamerism (def. 1)

Medical definitions for segmentation

segmentation

[ sĕg′mən-tā′shən ]

n.

cleavage