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segment

seg·ment

UK/sɛɡˈmɛnt/ US/ˈsɛɡmɛnt/ fairly common
noun (2) verb (2)

noun

1.

one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object

  • “a section of a fishing rod”
  • “metal sections were used below ground”
  • “finished the final segment of the road”
Synonyms
2.

one of the parts into which something naturally divides

  • “a segment of an orange”

verb

1.

divide into segments

  • “segment an orange”
  • “segment a compound word”
Synonyms
2.

divide or split up

  • “The cells segmented”

Origin

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

Phrases

  • circle segment
  • ring-segment illusion
  • segment cell
  • segment descriptor
  • segment gear
  • segment rack
  • segment saw
  • segment shell

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