English Explanatory Dictionary

segment

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A length of some object.
  2. One of the parts into which any body naturally separates or is divided; a part divided or cut off; a section; a portion.
  3. A portion.
  4. A straight path between two points that is the shortest distance between them; a line segment.
  5. The part of a circle between its circumference and a chord (usually other than the diameter).
  6. The part of a sphere cut off by a plane.
  7. Any of the pieces that constitute an order tree.
  8. A discrete unit of speech: a consonant or a vowel.
  9. A portion of an organ whose cells are derived from a single cell within the primordium from which the organ developed.
  10. 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.
  11. A part of a broadcast program, devoted to a topic.
  12. An Ethernet bus.
verb
  1. To divide into segments or sections.

Pronunciation

sĕgʹmənt /ˈsɛɡ.mənt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-segment (noun).wav /sɛɡˈmɛnt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-segment (verb).wav sĕgʹmĕnt sĕg-mĕntʹ /ˈsɛɡmɛnt/

Word forms

segment segments segmenting segmented

Etymology

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

Synonyms

cleft clove lith line segment circular segment

Related words

seven-segment display secant sect section sector segmentation somite

Derived words

bisegment circle segment diplosegment haplosegment hemisegment intersegment intrasegment macrosegment microsegment midsegment monosegment multisegment oversegment parasegment prosegment resegment ring-segment illusion segmentable segmental segmentary segment cell segment descriptor segmentectomy segment gear segmentization segmentize segmentless segment rack segment saw segment shell segment tree segmentwise seven-segment subsegment suprasegment toxic anterior segment syndrome self-segment

Translations

Bulgarian: сегмент Esperanto: segmento Finnish: osa Finnish: lohko Finnish: pätkä Finnish: segmentti Finnish: jaoke Finnish: osuus French: quartier Greek: τμήμα Greek: τεμάχιο Ancient Greek: ἔκτμημα Latin: segmentum Norwegian Bokmål: segment Norwegian Nynorsk: segment Polish: człon Polish: segment Portuguese: secção Tagalog: hiwa
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