Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

segmentation

/sˌɛɡməntˈeɪʃən/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.23 in modern English

Syllables
seg-men-ta-tion
IPA
/sˌɛɡməntˈeɪʃən/
15
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act or an instance of dividing into segments.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The state of being divided into segments

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The partitioning of an image into groups of pixels

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

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.

Usage

Inflected Forms

segmentations (plural)

Derived Forms

autosegmentation biosegmentation bisegmentation cosegmentation desegmentation hypersegmentation multisegmentation myosegmentation nonsegmentation oversegmentation presegmentation pseudosegmentation

Phrases

benefit segmentation market segmentation segmentation clock segmentation fault self-segmentation

Synonyms

sectioning division partition partitioning sectionalization sectionalisation cleavage

Antonyms

desegmentation nonsegmentation

Rhymes With

information education situation population station association administration operation organization nation location application

Questions

How do you pronounce segmentation?
The recorded pronunciation is /sˌɛɡməntˈeɪʃən/.
What does segmentation mean?
The act or an instance of dividing into segments.
Where does segmentation come from?
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.

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