segmenter

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noun

Something that segments or divides.

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nounsegmenter (plural segmenters)

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
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    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.

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