sectionalization

Other forms of sectionalization

plural

sectionalizations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about sectionalization

What does sectionalization mean?

sectionalization means "the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart".

How many syllables are in sectionalization?

sectionalization has 8 syllables and divides as sec-ti-o-na-li-za-ti-on under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for sectionalization?

Close synonyms include division, partition, partitioning, segmentation, sectionalisation. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sectionalization a common word?

sectionalization is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.