segmentation Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

WordNet


Seg`men*ta"tion noun
Definitions
  1. The act or process of dividing into segments; specifically (Biol.), a self-division into segments as a result of growth; cell cleavage; cell multiplication; endogenous cell formation.

Webster 1913