segmentation
Americannoun
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division into segments.
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Biology.
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the subdivision of an organism or of an organ into more or less equivalent parts.
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cell division.
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noun
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the act or an instance of dividing into segments
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embryol another name for cleavage
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zoology another name for metamerism
Other Word Forms
- nonsegmentation noun
Etymology
Origin of segmentation
Example Sentences
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The EU said it was looking into a case of potential market segmentation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
However, despite the early headway, Beck believes “specific monetization segmentation and momentum remains broadly opaque.”
From MarketWatch • Jan. 15, 2026
"There's no regional segmentation, no interactivity, and very little effort to speak the digital language of young people," he adds.
From BBC • Jul. 19, 2025
Like modern nematodes, they lacked the segmentation of other worms.
From Science Magazine • Nov. 20, 2024
But even the segmentation genes have to have their masters: How does the second segment of the fly thorax “know” to be a thoracic segment, and not an abdominal segment?
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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