segmentation

[ seg-muhn-tey-shuhn ]

noun

1. division into segments.
2. Biology.
   1. the subdivision of an organism or of an organ into more or less equivalent parts.
   2. cell division.

segmentation

/ ˌsɛɡmɛnˈteɪʃən /

noun

1. the act or an instance of dividing into segments
2. embryol another name for cleavage
3. zoology another name for metamerism

Other Words From

• nonseg·men·tation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of segmentation¹

First recorded in 1850–55; segment + -ation

Example Sentences

Key to the success of those programs was innovative audience segmentation.

From Digiday

All levels of customer segmentation should be used and layered into your search programs.

From Search Engine Watch

Click “More options” and add the desired segmentation options.

From Search Engine Land

As marketers look to the future of audience segmentation and targeting efforts, significant changes will need to be made.

From Search Engine Land

It also has gives you segmentations like Location Type that aren’t in the main UI anymore.

From Search Engine Land

It expresses one of the prime characteristics of this class of animals, namely, that of segmentation.

From Project Gutenberg

This membrane rests with its extreme edge on the white yolk, its central portion covering in the segmentation cavity.

From Project Gutenberg

It is formed coincidently with the latter out of apparently similar segmentation cells.

From Project Gutenberg

In the chick the mesoblast cells are formed directly from the ultimate products of segmentation.

From Project Gutenberg

At this time also the greatest number of formative cells are to be found at the bottom of the now large segmentation cavity.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• distribution