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segmentation

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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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.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: division, partition, partitioning, sectionalization, sectionalisation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: separation

Narrower terms: subdivision, septation, zoning

5

noun

Meaning 5

(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
Real reading context

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