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Segmentation   /sˌɛgməntˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Segmentation

noun
1.
(embryology) the repeated division of a fertilised ovum.  Synonym: cleavage.
2.
The act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart.  Synonyms: division, partition, partitioning, sectionalisation, sectionalization.



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... of fertilization is the development of the ovule into the seed. By the segmentation of the fertilized egg, now invested by cell-membrane, the embryo-plant arises. A varying number of transverse segment-walls transform it into a pro-embryo—a cellular row of which the cell nearest the micropyle becomes ...
— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 • Various


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