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Segment

//ˈsɛɡmɛnt// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A length of some object.

    "a segment of rope"

  2. 2
    one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object wordnet
  3. 3
    One of the parts into which any body naturally separates or is divided; a part divided or cut off; a section; a portion.

    "a segment of an orange; a segment of a compound or divided leaf"

  4. 4
    one of the parts into which something naturally divides wordnet
  5. 5
    A portion.; A straight path between two points that is the shortest distance between them; a line segment.
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  1. 6
    A portion.; The part of a circle between its circumference and a chord (usually other than the diameter).
  2. 7
    A portion.; The part of a sphere cut off by a plane.
  3. 8
    A portion.; Any of the pieces that constitute an order tree.
  4. 9
    A portion.; A discrete unit of speech: a consonant or a vowel.
  5. 10
    A portion.; A portion of an organ whose cells are derived from a single cell within the primordium from which the organ developed.

    "In Lejeuneaceae vegetative branches normally originate from the basiscopic basal portion of a lateral segment half, as in the Radulaceae, and the associated leaves, therefore, are quite unmodified."

  6. 11
    A portion.; One of several parts of an organism, with similar structure, arranged in a chain; such as a vertebra, or a third of an insect's thorax.
  7. 12
    A part of a broadcast program, devoted to a topic.

    "The news showed a segment on global warming."

  8. 13
    An Ethernet bus.
  9. 14
    A region of memory or a fragment of an executable file designated to contain a particular part of a program.
  10. 15
    A portion of an itinerary: it may be a flight or train between two cities, or a car or hotel booked in a particular city.
Verb
  1. 1
    To divide into segments or sections. ambitransitive

    "Segment the essay by topic."

  2. 2
    divide or split up wordnet
  3. 3
    divide into segments wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin segmentum (“a piece cut off, a strip, segment of the earth, a strip of tinsel”), from secāre (“to cut”).

Etymology 2

From Latin segmentum (“a piece cut off, a strip, segment of the earth, a strip of tinsel”), from secāre (“to cut”).

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