Segmentation

/sɛɡ.mənˈteɪ.ʃən/

Meaning & Definition

noun

The process of dividing something into smaller parts, often to better analyze or understand it.

Market segmentation allows companies to target specific consumer groups more effectively.

The division of an organism or structure into smaller, distinct parts.

In biology, segmentation can refer to the formation of segments in the body plan of certain animals.

In image processing, the process of partitioning a digital image into multiple segments to simplify or change the representation of the image.

Image segmentation is crucial for object detection in machine learning applications.

The process used in linguistics to identify the boundaries between words, syllables, or morphemes in spoken language.

The segmentation of speech into distinct phonemes is vital for language processing systems.

The process of breaking a market or product into various segments for targeted marketing purposes.

Effective customer segmentation in marketing can lead to more personalized advertising strategies.

From Latin 'segmentatio', from 'segmentum' meaning 'a piece cut off'.

market segmentation

The process of dividing a market into distinct subsets of consumers.

image segmentation

The division of an image into parts for easier analysis.

audience segmentation

Categorizing an audience into different groups based on their characteristics.

segment

A part or section of something larger.

partition

The action of dividing something into parts.

classification

The action or process of classifying something.

Segmentation fault

When the program crashed, it threw a segmentation fault error.

Segmentation game

In marketing, playing the segmentation game can help you find your niche.