segment | (noun) one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object | Synonyms: section |
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(noun) one of the parts into which something naturally divides | - |
segmentation | (noun) 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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(noun) (embryology) the repeated division of a fertilised ovum | Synonyms: cleavage |
segno | (noun) (music) a notation written at the beginning or end of a passage that is to be repeated | - |
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segregate | (noun) someone who is or has been segregated | - |
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segregation | (noun) the act of segregating or sequestering | Synonyms: sequestration |
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(noun) a social system that provides separate facilities for minority groups | Synonyms: separatism |
(noun) (genetics) the separation of paired alleles during meiosis so that members of each pair of alleles appear in different gametes | - |
segregationism | (noun) a political orientation favoring political or racial segregation | - |
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segregationist | (noun) someone who believes the racial groups should be kept apart | Synonyms: segregator |
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segregator | (noun) someone who believes the racial groups should be kept apart | Synonyms: segregationist |
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segue | (noun) the act of changing smoothly from one state or situation to another | - |
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