segmentation

n. division into segments, separation into parts; division of a creature or organ into equal parts (Biology); cell division (Biology)

Segmentation may mean:Market segmentation, in economics BiologyA morphogenesis process that divides a metazoan body into a series of semi-repetitive segmentssegmentation (biology), the structure that results from said process ComputingSegmentation (memory), the division of main memory into memory subsystemsNetwork segmentation, the splitting of a computer network into subnetworks, each being a network segment or network layerSegmentation (image processing), the partitioning of a digital image into two or more regionsIn natural language processing:Speech segmentation, the identification of word boundaries in speechText segmentation, the identification of lexical units in certain scripts, such as Chinese and Japanese
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Noun
1. (embryology) the repeated division of a fertilised ovum
(synonym) cleavage
(hypernym) cell division, cellular division
(part-holonym) pregnancy, gestation, maternity
(classification) embryology
2. the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart
(synonym) division, partition, partitioning, sectionalization, sectionalisation
(hypernym) separation
(hyponym) subdivision
(derivation) segment, section

n. segmentation, division into segments, separation into parts; division of a creature or organ into equal parts (Biology)

n. segmentation, division into segments, separation into parts; cell division, division of a creature or organ into equal parts (Biology)