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parcellation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
par-cel-la-tion
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

division into parcels; especially the dividing up of a large amount of land between the inhabitants of it so that each person receives an equal amount of land.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A map or annotation associating spatial locations (e.g., voxels) with parcel identities (e.g., anatomically or functionally circumscribed regions); the map or annotation that results from or delineates the results of parcellation (sense 1)

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English parcel 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 parcellation From parcel + -ation.

Usage

Inflected Forms

parcellations (plural)

Questions

What does parcellation mean?
division into parcels; especially the dividing up of a large amount of land between the inhabitants of it so that each person receives an equal amount of land.
Where does parcellation come from?
Etymology tree English parcel 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 parcellation From parcel + -ation.

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