segmentation

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

noun (embryology) the repeated division of a fertilised ovum
noun the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart

From segment + -ation.

In the case of some organisms of this kind reproduction takes the form of voluntary or spontaneous segmentation. — A history of economic doctrines : $b from the time of the physiocrats to the present day, Charles Gide
In this extreme form, the theory has seemed debatable, for it is only in exceptional cases that there are any signs of sexual glands at the time of segmentation of the fertilized egg. — Creative Evolution, Bergson, Henri
These groups, and the approximate number of Indians in each, are as follows: Witoto 15,000 Yuri unknown Yahua} Yahua unknown Pegua} Andoke 10,000 Boro or Miranha 15,000 Muenane 2,000 Nonuya 1,000 Resigero 1,000 Okaina or Dukaiya 2,000 Karahone } Umaua } Karahone 25,000 Saha } Tukana } Yahuna } Makuna } unknown Opaina } Bara } Kuretu } Menimehe } 15,000 Akaroa } According to Koch-Grünberg all the tribes on the Tikie speak the Tukano language, and as a result of segmentation the Airi and Tihio speak the Dessana language. — The North-West Amazons: Notes of some months spent among cannibal tribes, Thomas Whiffen

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