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parcellation

parcellation noun: division into parcels; especially the dividing up of a large amount of land between the inhabitants of it so that each person receives an equal amount of land.

Noun

parcellation (countable and uncountable, plural parcellations)

  1. division into parcels; especially the dividing up of a large amount of land between the inhabitants of it so that each person receives an equal amount of land.
  2. (medical imaging) A map or annotation associating spatial locations (e.g., voxels) with parcel identities (e.g., anatomically or functionally circumscribed regions); the map or annotation that results from or delineates the results of parcellation (sense 1)

Forms of parcellation

pluralparcellations

Origin of parcellation

From parcel + -ation.

Questions about parcellation

What does parcellation mean?
Parcellation means division into parcels; especially the dividing up of a large amount of land between the inhabitants of it so that each person receives an equal amount of land.
What part of speech is parcellation?
Parcellation is a noun.
What is the plural of parcellation?
The plural of parcellation is parcellations.

Words near parcellation in the dictionary

  1. parcellary
  2. parcellate
  3. parcellated
  4. parcellates
  5. parcellating
  6. parcellation
  7. parcellations
  8. parcelled
  9. parcelled out
  10. parcelled up
  11. parcelling

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