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segmentation

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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˌsɛgmɛnˈteɪʃən/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˌsɛgmənˈteɪʃən/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(seg′mən tā′shən)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
seg•men•ta•tion  (seg′mən tā′shən),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. division into segments.
  2. Biology, Developmental Biology
    • the subdivision of an organism or of an organ into more or less equivalent parts.
    • cell division.
  • segment + -ation 1850–55

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
segmentation /ˌsɛɡmɛnˈteɪʃən/ n
  1. the act or an instance of dividing into segments
  2. another name for cleavage
  3. another name for metamerism
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
seg•ment /n. ˈsɛgmənt; v. ˈsɛgmɛnt, sɛgˈmɛnt/USA pronunciation  n. [countable]
  1. one of the parts into which something is divided;
    a section:the three main segments of an insect.
  2. Mathematics[Geometry.]
    • a part cut off from a figure, esp. a circular or spherical one, or a piece of a line.

v. 
  1. to (cause to) separate into segments: [~ + object]He segmented the line into four equal parts.[no object]The pieces of an orange segment easily.
seg•men•ta•tion /ˌsɛgmənˈteɪʃən/USA pronunciation  n. [uncountable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
seg•ment  (n. seg′mənt;v. seg′ment, seg ment′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. one of the parts into which something naturally separates or is divided;
    a division, portion, or section:a segment of an orange.
  2. Mathematics[Geom.]
    • a part cut off from a figure, esp. a circular or spherical one, by a line or plane, as a part of a circular area contained by an arc and its chord or by two parallel lines or planes.
    • Also called line segment. a finite section of a line.
  3. Zoology
    • any of the rings that compose the body of an annelid or arthropod.
    • any of the discrete parts of the body of an animal, esp. of an arthropod.
  4. an object, as a machine part, having the form of a segment or sector of a circle.
  5. Computing
    • a portion of a program, often one that can be loaded and executed independently of other portions.
    • a unit of data in a database.
  6. Computingan arclike support on which the typebars of a typewriter rest when not in use.

v.t., v.i. 
  1. to separate or divide into segments.
  • Latin segmentum, equivalent. to sec(āre) to cut + -mentum -ment
  • 1560–70
seg′men•tate′, adj. 
    1. See part. 
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