segment
IPA: sˈɛgmʌnt
noun
- 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.
verb
- (transitive, intransitive) To divide into segments or sections.
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Examples of "segment" in Sentences
- The earplug is a 4 segment type.
- Segmentation occurred among the cells.
- The purpose of this segmentation was two folded.
- The western segment is the longest of the three.
- The eastern segment is the shortest of the three.
- Segmentation is helping to understand the customer.
- The lens is part of the anterior segment of the eye.
- In the second segment, the Pesky Ants are introduced.
- In phonetics, the smallest perceptible segment is a phone.
- No three segments are concurrent in the interior of the circle.
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