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Segmentation   /sˌɛgməntˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Segmentation

noun
1.
(embryology) the repeated division of a fertilised ovum.  Synonym: cleavage.
2.
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



... barriers which were intensified by tradition, custom, migration, and the competitive struggles among the elite for pelf and power. Ignorance and superstition played a major role in the decentralizing process. Conflicts at various levels led to further social segmentation and ...
— Civilization and Beyond - Learning From History • Scott Nearing

... or as an icicle can do as it becomes ribbed in a continuous stream of water; but with this distinction, that the distribution of chemical differences and properties must simultaneously be decided and disposed in orderly relation to the pattern of the segmentation. Even if a model which would do this could be constructed it might prove to ...
— Darwin and Modern Science • A.C. Seward and Others



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