desegmentation
|de-seg-men-ta-tion|
/ˌdiːsɛɡmənˈteɪʃən/
undoing segmentation
Etymology
'desegmentation' originates from Modern English, specifically the word 'desegmentation', where the prefix 'de-' comes from Latin meaning 'reverse' or 'remove', and 'segmentation' derives from Latin 'segmentum' meaning 'a cutting' (via French/Medieval Latin).
'desegmentation' developed by combining the prefix 'de-' (from Latin 'de-' meaning 'off' or 'away') with 'segmentation' (from Latin 'segmentum', from 'secare' meaning 'to cut'); 'segmentum' passed through Medieval Latin and Old French into Middle English forms of 'segment' and 'segmentation', and the modern compound 'desegmentation' arose in technical Modern English usage.
Initially, the root 'segmentum' referred to 'a piece cut off' or 'the act of cutting'; over time, 'segmentation' came to mean 'the act of dividing into parts', and 'desegmentation' evolved to mean 'the removal or reversal of such division' (i.e., undoing segmentation).
Meanings by Part of Speech
Noun 1
the process or result of removing segmentation (divisions or boundaries) — e.g., restoring a continuous sequence from previously segmented text, speech, or data.
Desegmentation of the corpus restored the original continuous text without word boundaries.
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Noun 2
in a broader or nontechnical sense, the act of reversing a previous act of dividing something into parts (removing separations or divisions).
The project's desegmentation of the workflow removed artificial divisions between teams.
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