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noun
division into parcels; especially the dividing up of a large amount of land between the inhabitants of it so that each person receives an equal amount of land.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A map or annotation associating spatial locations (e.g., voxels) with parcel identities (e.g., anatomically or functionally circumscribed regions); the map or annotation that results from or delineates the results of parcellation (sense 1)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: medical imaging
Topics: medicine, neuroscience, sciences
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noun
the division into parcels
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: division
History
Etymology tree English parcel 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 parcellation From parcel + -ation.
