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Segmentation

noun

(embryology) the repeated division of a fertilised ovum. Synonym: cleavage.

The act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart. Synonyms: division, partition, partitioning, sectionalisation, sectionalization.

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"Segmentation" Quotes from Famous Books

... show that certain gentes in some of the tribes have become extinct through the vicissitudes of time, and that others have been formed by the segmentation of over full gentes. ...

— Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines • Lewis H. Morgan

Words linked to "Segmentation" : cell division, subdivision, zoning, embryology, segment, gestation, pregnancy, maternity, separation, cellular division, septation