parcellation
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8.9
- noun
- /ˌpɑrˈsɛləˌkeɪʃən/
- UK
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parcelación
- The city council approved the parcellation of the old industrial site to create new residential lots.
- multimodal parcellation
- hard parcellation
- functional parcellation
Examples
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The idea that individualized parcellations can reveal information has been shown previously.
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Comparing networks derived from group parcellations with individualized spatial maps is not really a fair comparison.
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While it makes a nice argument for performing individualized functional parcellations, the comparison as set up is not that interesting or informative.
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After the parcellation of the land, each farmer received a smaller, individually owned piece.
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The parcellation of the estate allowed for several families to build their homes on separate parcels.
Synonyms
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4.3
Dividing something into separate parts, often with a border
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3.7
The act of splitting something already split into smaller parts
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6.1
Dividing something into separate parts
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6.0
Dividing something into parts or groups
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6.2
The act of dividing a place into smaller areas for government or elections
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6.8
A way of dividing an area into regions for local government or services
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5.1
Dividing something into parts and giving those parts to people
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7.0
To divide something into separate parts that work on their own
Dividing land into separate pieces to sell or build on
The process of dividing land into lots for building or sale
A process of dividing something into separate parts to make it easier to manage
The act of dividing something into parts or groups
Dividing something again into new parts or sections
Organizing and marking an area as an official region for administration
How Divided
Surface Forms
Morphology
parcellation = parcellate (transparent) = parcel + ation
Regular nominalization from the verb 'parcellate' meaning 'to divide into parcels', so the result denotes the act or process of dividing into parcels.
Etymology
Parcellation comes from parcel, a word for a small 'part' or a 'package', and the ending shows the action of doing that. So, parcellation means the process of dividing something into parcels or parts, especially land.