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Vinony

segmentation

noun

  1. regionalization process that divides an organism or part of an organism into a series of semi-repetitive parts, or segments, often arranged along a longitudinal axis
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noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English segment Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English segmentation From segment + -ation.

  1. The act or an instance of dividing into segments.

    “Near-synonym: sectioning”

  2. The state of being divided into segments
  3. The partitioning of an image into groups of pixels