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Segmentation   /sˌɛgməntˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Segmentation

noun
1.
(embryology) the repeated division of a fertilised ovum.  Synonym: cleavage.
2.
The act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart.  Synonyms: division, partition, partitioning, sectionalisation, sectionalization.



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"Segmentation" Quotes from Famous Books



... The segmentation of the nucleus was first noticed in the United States and at the Cape of Good Hope, September 30. It proceeded rapidly. At Kiel, on October 5 and 7, Professor Krueger perceived two centres of condensation. A definite and progressive separation into ...
— A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century - Fourth Edition • Agnes M. (Agnes Mary) Clerke


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