segment

Meanings

Plural: segments

Noun

• one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object
  • "finished the final segment of the road"
• one of the parts into which something naturally divides
  • "a segment of an orange"
• A length of some object.
• One of the parts into which any body naturally separates or is divided; a part divided or cut off; a section; a portion.
• A portion.
• A straight path between two points that is the shortest distance between them; a line segment.
• A portion.
• The part of a circle between its circumference and a chord (usually other than the diameter).
• A portion.
• The part of a sphere cut off by a plane.
• A portion.
• Any of the pieces that constitute an order tree.
• A portion.
• A discrete unit of speech: a consonant or a vowel.
• A portion.
• A portion of an organ whose cells are derived from a single cell within the primordium from which the organ developed.
• 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.
• A part of a broadcast program, devoted to a topic.
• An Ethernet bus.
• A region of memory or a fragment of an executable file designated to contain a particular part of a program.
• 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

• divide into segments
  • "segment an orange"
  • "segment a compound word"
• divide or split up
  • "The cells segmented"
• To divide into segments or sections.

Synonyms

circular segment, cleft, clove, line segment, lith, section

Related Words

secant, sect, section, sector, segmentation, seven-segment display, somite