SEGMENTATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does segmentation mean? 

• SEGMENTATION (noun)
  The noun SEGMENTATION has 2 senses:

1. (embryology) the repeated division of a fertilised ovum

2. the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart

  Familiarity information: SEGMENTATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEGMENTATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(embryology) the repeated division of a fertilised ovum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

cleavage; segmentation

Hypernyms ("segmentation" is a kind of...):

cell division; cellular division (the process in reproduction and growth by which a cell divides to form daughter cells)

Domain category:

embryology (the branch of biology that studies the formation and early development of living organisms)

Holonyms ("segmentation" is a part of...):

gestation; maternity; pregnancy (the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

division; partition; partitioning; sectionalisation; sectionalization; segmentation

Hypernyms ("segmentation" is a kind of...):

separation (the act of dividing or disconnecting)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "segmentation"):

subdivision (the act of subdividing; division of something previously divided)

septation (the division or partitioning of a cavity into parts by a septum)

zoning (dividing an area into zones or sections reserved for different purposes such as residence and business and manufacturing etc)

Derivation:

segment (divide into segments)

 Context examples 

Segments DNA copy number data using circular binary segmentation to detect regions with abnormal copy number.

(caDNAcopy Analytic Service, NCI Thesaurus)

Drosophila Patched Gene (Patched Family) encodes Patched protein, an integral membrane protein containing an SSD domain that acts as a segmentation polarity pattern receptor for hedgehog during embryonic segmentation and during imaginal disk development.

(Drosophila Patched Gene, NCI Thesaurus)