noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The act or an instance of dividing into segments.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
Near-synonym: sectioning
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sectioning
Antonyms: desegmentation, nonsegmentation
2
noun
Meaning 2
The state of being divided into segments
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
The partitioning of an image into groups of pixels
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
(embryology) the repeated division of a fertilised ovum
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cleavage
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cell division, cellular division
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English segment 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 segmentation From segment + -ation.
Across languages
Translations
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
делене
(delene)
— the act or an instance of dividing into segments
Bulgarian:
сегментиране
(segmentirane)
— the act or an instance of dividing into segments
Czech:
segmentace
— the act or an instance of dividing into segments
Finnish:
segmentointi
— the act or an instance of dividing into segments
French:
segmentation
— the act or an instance of dividing into segments
German:
Segmentierung
— the act or an instance of dividing into segments
Greek:
κατάτμηση
(katátmisi)
— the act or an instance of dividing into segments
Japanese:
セグメンテーション
(segumentēshon)
— the act or an instance of dividing into segments
Korean:
세분화
(sebunhwa)
— the act or an instance of dividing into segments
Persian:
بخشبندی
(baxšbandi)
— the act or an instance of dividing into segments
Romanian:
segmentare
— the act or an instance of dividing into segments
Russian:
сегменти́рование
(segmentírovanije)
— the act or an instance of dividing into segments
Russian:
деле́ние
(delénije)
— the act or an instance of dividing into segments
Russian:
сегмента́ция
(segmentácija)
— the act or an instance of dividing into segments
Tagalog:
pagpapaputol
— the act or an instance of dividing into segments
Ukrainian:
сегментува́ння
(sehmentuvánnja)
— the act or an instance of dividing into segments
Ukrainian:
сегмента́ція
(sehmentácija)
— the act or an instance of dividing into segments
Bulgarian:
сегментация
(segmentacija)
— the state of being divided into segments
French:
segmentation
— the state of being divided into segments
German:
Segmentierung
— the state of being divided into segments
Hungarian:
szelvényezettség
— the state of being divided into segments
Romanian:
segmentație
— the state of being divided into segments
Russian:
сегмента́ция
(segmentácija)
— the state of being divided into segments
Russian:
деле́ние
(delénije)
— the state of being divided into segments
Ukrainian:
сегмента́ція
(sehmentácija)
— the state of being divided into segments