segmentation

Plural: segmentations

Noun

• (embryology) the repeated division of a fertilised ovum
• the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart
• The act or an instance of dividing into segments
• The state of being divided into segments
• The partitioning of an image into groups of pixels

Synonyms

cleavage, division, partition, partitioning, sectionalisation, sectionalization