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segmentation

[seg-muhn-tey-shuhn] / ˌsɛg mənˈteɪ ʃən /
NOUN
division
Synonyms
STRONGEST
distribution
STRONG
analysis apportionment autopsy bisection breaking carving demarcation detachment diagnosis disjuncture dismemberment dissolution disunion divorce parceling parting partition reduction rupture selection severance subdivision vivisection
WEAK
breaking down breaking up contrasting cutting up departmentalizing detaching disparting disseverance distinguishing disuniting dividing rending separating splitting up
Antonyms
STRONG
attachment combination connection union
WEAK
accord agreement juncture system unification unison unity whole
NOUN
severance
Synonyms
STRONG
analysis apportionment autopsy bisection breaking carving demarcation detachment diagnosis disjunction disjuncture dismemberment dissolution distribution disunion divorce divorcement parceling parting partition reduction rupture selection separation split subdivision vivisection
WEAK
breaking down breaking up contrasting cutting up departmentalizing detaching disparting disseverance disseverment distinguishing disuniting dividing rending separating splitting up
Antonyms
STRONG
attachment closing closure combination connection juncture marriage union

Example Sentences

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The EU said it was looking into a case of potential market segmentation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

However, despite the early headway, Beck believes “specific monetization segmentation and momentum remains broadly opaque.”

From MarketWatch • Jan. 15, 2026

"There's no regional segmentation, no interactivity, and very little effort to speak the digital language of young people," he adds.

From BBC • Jul. 19, 2025

Like modern nematodes, they lacked the segmentation of other worms.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 20, 2024

But even the segmentation genes have to have their masters: How does the second segment of the fly thorax “know” to be a thoracic segment, and not an abdominal segment?

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee