noun
1. an analysis into mutually exclusive categories
• Syn: ↑breakdown
• Derivationally related forms: ↑break down (for: ↑breakdown)
• Hypernyms: ↑analysis, ↑analytic thinking
• Hyponyms: ↑resolution, ↑resolving
2. the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart
• Syn: ↑division, ↑partition, ↑segmentation, ↑sectionalization, ↑sectionalisation
• Derivationally related forms:
↑sectionalise (for: ↑sectionalisation), ↑sectionalize (for: ↑sectionalization), ↑segment (for: ↑segmentation), ↑partition, ↑partitionist (for: ↑partition), ↑partition (for: ↑partition), ↑divisional (for: ↑division), ↑divide (for: ↑division)
• Hypernyms: ↑separation
• Hyponyms: ↑subdivision, ↑septation, ↑zoning
Useful english dictionary. 2012.