segment

IPA: sˈɛgmʌnt

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.
(mathematics) A portion.
A straight path between two points that is the shortest distance between them; a line segment.
(geometry) The part of a circle between its circumference and a chord (usually other than the diameter).
(geometry) The part of a sphere cut off by a plane.
(topology) Any of the pieces that constitute an order tree.
(sciences) A portion.
(phonology) A discrete unit of speech: a consonant or a vowel.
(botany) A portion of an organ whose cells are derived from a single cell within the primordium from which the organ developed.
(zoology) 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.
(broadcasting) A part of a broadcast program, devoted to a topic.
(computing) An Ethernet bus.
(computing) A region of memory or a fragment of an executable file designated to contain a particular part of a program.
(travel) 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.

Examples of "segment" in Sentences

Inside the sphere the chain segment is swollen like in a good solvent (v = 3/5).
The Title segment generated a pretax margin of 5.4% on revenues of $898 million.
Total severance costs in the title segment were 6.3 million in the second quarter.
The title segment generated $1.3 billion in total revenue for the third quarter, a 5%
The term segment usually refers to an information unit whose source and destination are transport layer entities.
LE segment Data System: CRM  ME segment* Missing Value Gap to be filled Missing Value Gap to be filled * Counts based on internal CRM segmentation
During the first quarter, the title segment reduced its employee count by 365, which is expected to produce an annualized cost savings of $21 million.
While the company cut operating and employee costs in the third quarter, the claims provision as a percentage of the title segment's operating revenue totaled 23.5 percent.
The title segment generated nearly $1.2 billion in total revenue for the third quarter, essentially flat with the second quarter this year and a 10% decline from the third quarter of 2010.