Word: oversegmentations
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: o
ver
seg
men
ta
tions
Definition: Plural of oversegmentation. A division into too many segments, as when attempting to recognize parts of an image.
Morphemes:
Affix: over-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: excessively
Affix: segment
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To divide into segments or sections.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: segmentum
Language: la
Decoded: segmentum
Meaning: a piece cut off, a strip, segment of the earth, a strip of tinsel
Affix: -ation
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: A state or quality
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ātiō
Language: la
Decoded: -atio
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Form of -tiō appended to nouns
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plurals of numerals, letters, some abbreviations and some nouns, usually because the omission of an apostrophe would make the meaning unclear or ambiguous.