What does parcellation mean?
Parcellation means division into parcels; especially the dividing up of a large amount of land between the inhabitants of it so that each person receives an equal amount of land..
Parcellation
Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Meaning
division into parcels; especially the dividing up of a large amount of land between the inhabitants of it so that each person receives an equal amount of land..
Definitions by Sense
- division into parcels; especially the dividing up of a large amount of land between the inhabitants of it so that each person receives an equal amount of land.
- (neuroscience, medical imaging) A map or annotation associating spatial locations (e.g., voxels) with parcel identities (e.g., anatomically or functionally circumscribed regions); the map or annotation that results from or delineates the results of parcellation (sense 1)
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- parcellations
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