Definition of Parcellation

1. Noun. The division into parcels. "The increasing parcellation of land with every generation"

Generic synonyms: Division
Derivative terms: Parcel, Parcel

Definition of Parcellation

1. Noun. The dividing up of a large amount of land between the inhabitants of it so that each person receives an equal amount of land. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Parcellation

parc fermé
parcase
parcel
parcel bomb
parcel bombs
parcel of land
parcel out
parcel post
parceled
parceled out
parceling
parcellate
parcellated
parcellates
parcellating
parcellation (current term)
parcellations
parcelled
parcelling
parcels
parcelwise
parcenaries
parcenary
parcener
parceners
parch
parched
parchedness
parcheesis
parches

Literary usage of Parcellation

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Historical Review by American Historical Association (1901)
"... parcellation of the tracts now owned by the industrials and the introduction of what has been called " a banana-patch civilization. ..."

2. Anarchism by Paul Eltzbacher, Steven Tracy Byington (1908)
"Therefore the political liberals would like every one to have his bit of property, and have in part brought about an incredible parcellation by their ..."

3. Directory of Federal Laboratory and Technology Resources: A Guide to (1993)
"Some current research projects are: artificial intelligence techniques for pattern recognition and automated parcellation of brain structures; ..."

4. The German Empire Between Two Wars: A Study of the Political and Social by Robert Herndon Fife (1916)
"... to supply the money for Polish undertakings, principally for the purchase of land from Germans. The work of the "parcellation banks" in ..."

5. Readings in Money and Banking by Chester Arthur Phillips (1916)
"The fundamental defect of our banking system, then, is the parcellation of the entire reserves among the separate self- independent banks, ..."

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