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Separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart
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segmentation
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. (embryology) the repeated division of a fertilised ovum [syn: cleavage ] the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart [syn: division , partition , partitioning , sectionalization , sectionalisation ...
Wikipedia
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thumb|125px |right| Vertebrates have a segmented vertebral column and brain . Segmentation in biology refers to the division of some animal and plant body plans into a series of repetitive segments. This article focuses on the segmentation of animal body ...
Wiktionary
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n. 1 The act or an instance of dividing into segments. 2 The state of being divided into segments.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Segmentation \Seg`men*ta"tion\, n. The act or process of dividing into segments; specifically (Biol.), a self-division into segments as a result of growth; cell cleavage; cell multiplication; endogenous cell formation. Segmentation cavity (Biol.), the cavity ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1650s, "a cutting in small pieces;" 1851 of cells, from segment (v.) + -ation .
Usage examples of segmentation.
Without entering into details it may be mentioned that in the mosses it proceeds both in the archegonium and antheridium by the segmentation of an apical cell, while this is not the case in the liverworts.
Our segmentation would seem to weaken here but not if we gaze carefully into the artful enate process taking place.
The chordates are one of three segmented phyla — segmentation involving a division of the body structure into similar sections, as a train is divided into separate coaches.
Still later, there will be market segmentation not simply along occupational lines, but along socio-economic and psycho-social lines as well.
The clearest evidence of segmentation in the adult human is the repeated vertebrae of the spinal cord (one to each segment) and the repeating line of ribs attached to twelve of them.
The nervous system also shows the existence of segmentation, and does so most clearly in the repeated and regular emergence of pairs of spinal nerves from between vertebrae all down the spinal column.