Definition of segmentation in US English:
segmentation
nounˌsɛɡmənˈteɪʃ(ə)nˌseɡmənˈtāSH(ə)n
1Division into separate parts or sections.
the segmentation of society means that often we don't have arguments across the political divide
segmentation of the road network
Example sentencesExamples
- The trend is to more segmentation and offerings to special audiences.
- Local newspapers offer a much greater degree of geographical segmentation than is possible with national titles.
- This has helped to preserve the pre-eminence of national interests in the policy process on agricultural matters, with its characteristic segmentation.
- Geographical segmentation in Asia-Pacific reveals the existence of a wide diversity among consumers within the same country.
- The purpose of segmentation is to identify groups of buyers who respond in a similar way to any given marketing stimuli.
- Age alone is not usually a good basis for market segmentation.
- These days, there's no shortage of segmentation when it comes to parsing the vote.
- There have been many approaches to lifestyle segmentation.
- Concentrating power in the hands of an elite is further augmenting social segmentation.
- Segmentation is fundamental to pricing in a competitive market.
- 1.1Embryology Division of a cell; cleavage.
segmentation of myocardial cells
Example sentencesExamples
- She noted a lack of segmentation in the developing nerve cord.
- Segmentation of the RNA genome is a feature shared by a variety of animal, plant, and bacterial viruses.
- These genetic techniques will clarify the evolutionary and phylogenetic importance of segmentation in metazoan evolution.
- This suggests an effect on early segmentation.
- Segmentation affects both external and internal structure.
- Although involved in segmentation, it seems to be a secondary messenger.
- Pair rule, polarity, and gap genes are present, but they seem to have little or no role in segmentation.
- Recent studies on how developmental mechanisms have evolved provide new ways to examine segmentation.
- Alteration of the segmentation varies from strong gap fusion to weaker abdominal fusion.
- The cuticles show different alterations of segmentation with a stronger effect on late-stage embryos.