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segmentation
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segmentation
n.
division into segments, separation into parts; division of a creature or organ into equal parts (Biology); cell division (Biology)
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Segmentation
Segmentation may mean:
- Market segmentation, in economics and marketing
- Segmentation (biology), in morphology, a series of semi-repetitive segments; in developmental biology, a process of morphogenesis that divides a metazoan body into a series of semi-repetitive segments
- Packet segmentation, the process of dividing a data packet into smaller units for transmission over a data communications network.
- Memory segmentation, the division of computer memory into segments
- Network segmentation, the splitting of a computer network into subnetworks, each being a network segment or network layer
- Image segmentation, the partitioning of a digital image into two or more regions
- In natural language processing:
- Speech segmentation, the identification of word boundaries in speech
- Text segmentation, the identification of lexical units in writing systems
- Segmentation contractions (or movements), a type of gastric motility
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segmentation
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
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Segmentation (die)
nf.
segmentation, division into segments, separation into parts; division of a creature or organ into equal parts (Biology)
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segmentation
nf.
segmentation, division into segments, separation into parts; cell division, division of a creature or organ into equal parts (Biology)
