parcellationn.
/ˌpɑːsᵻˈleɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌpɑrsəˈleɪʃ(ə)n/ Division into separate parcels, parts, or portions; an instance of this.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > [noun] > division into parcels or portions
parcelling1803
parcellation1880
parcelization1919
1880 N. Amer. Rev. June 615 His death..would have been followed, however, by much the same parcellation of the West among the Teutonic nations as did in fact occur.
1885 American 9 350 Rash as such a parcellation of his troops might seem.
1923 Jrnl. Brit. Inst. Internat. Affairs 2 185 In order to forestall the forced sales of land at the cheap prices fixed by the Act, there is going on throughout Poland a great deal of what is called ‘wild parcellation,’ i.e. the breaking of estates by voluntary sale.
1965 K. H. Connell in D. V. Glass & D. E. C. Eversley Population in Hist. xvii. 429 Connaught..was..the province where parcellation of the land was most acute.
1990 Brain 113 573 I like very much his new parcellation of diseases into organelle-related chapters, allowing the reader a logical progression through lysosomal, peroxisomal and mitochondrial disorders.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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