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segmenter

segmenter noun: something that segments or divides.

Noun

segmenter (plural segmenters)

  1. Something that segments or divides.
    • The segmenter now seems to burst, and the young organisms spring apart. Each organism is a hyaline, and is ready for a new cell as host.1906, Charles Phillips Emerson, Clinical diagnosis, page 592
    • It is then placed on the second belt and passed to the segmenters, who after removing the segments and withdrawing the seeds, replace the fruit on the first belt.1925, Canning Age, page 326
    1. A software program or algorithm that divides text into segments, used in corpus linguistics.
    2. A person who successfully separates their work and life.

Forms of segmenter

pluralsegmenters

Origin of segmenter

From segment + -er.

Questions about segmenter

What does segmenter mean?
Segmenter means something that segments or divides.
What part of speech is segmenter?
Segmenter is a noun.
What is the plural of segmenter?
The plural of segmenter is segmenters.

Words near segmenter in the dictionary

  1. segmentectomies
  2. segmentectomy
  3. segmented
  4. segmented worm
  5. segmented worms
  6. segmenter
  7. segmenters
  8. segmenting
  9. segmentization
  10. segmentizations
  11. segmentize

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