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segment
[ noun seg-muhnt; verb seg-ment, seg-ment ]
noun
- one of the parts into which something naturally separates or is divided; a division, portion, or section:
a segment of an orange.
- Geometry.
- a part cut off from a figure, especially a circular or spherical one, by a line or plane, as a part of a circular area contained by an arc and its chord or by two parallel lines or planes.
- Also called line segment. a finite section of a line.
- Zoology.
- any of the rings that compose the body of an annelid or arthropod.
- any of the discrete parts of the body of an animal, especially of an arthropod.
- an object, as a machine part, having the form of a segment or sector of a circle.
- Computers.
- a portion of a program, often one that can be loaded and executed independently of other portions.
- a unit of data in a database.
- an arclike support on which the typebars of a typewriter rest when not in use.
verb (used with or without object)
- to separate or divide into segments.
segment
/ ˈsɛɡməntərɪ; -trɪ /
noun
- maths
- a part of a line or curve between two points
- a part of a plane or solid figure cut off by an intersecting line, plane, or planes, esp one between a chord and an arc of a circle
- one of several parts or sections into which an object is divided; portion
- zoology any of the parts into which the body or appendages of an annelid or arthropod are divided
- linguistics a speech sound considered in isolation
verb
- to cut or divide (a whole object) into segments
segment
- The portion of a line between any two of its points.
- The region bounded by an arc of a circle and the chord that connects the endpoints of the arc.
- The portion of a sphere included between a pair of parallel planes that intersect it or are tangent to it.
Derived Forms
- segmentary, adjective
Other Word Forms
- ··ٲ· [seg, -m, uh, n-ter-ee], adjective
- m·ٲٱ adjective
- t·mԳ noun adjective
- ܱt·mԳ adjective
- ܱt·mԳ·ed adjective
- ԴDz·m·ٲy adjective
- ԴDz·mԳ· adjective
- ܲ·m·ٲy adjective
- ܲ·mԳ· adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of segment1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
It's also a remarkable feat of engineering, that will see segments of the tunnel placed on top of the seafloor, and then joined together.
"Government can play a role, but its role has to be catalytic," he said during a segment on strong leadership in a crisis.
"Large segments of Syrian society felt excluded or unrepresented," he argues.
To that point, not more than 15 minutes after Maher’s segment aired, a longtime friend and Trump supporter emailed me.
The move put 2,100 miles between headquarters and the company’s most important segment, commercial aircraft, which remained in Seattle.
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