segment.
A length of some object.
Meaning & usage
A length of some object.
a segment of rope
One of the parts into which any body naturally separates or is divided; a part divided or cut off; a section; a portion.
a segment of an orange; a segment of a compound or divided leaf
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.
The news showed a segment on global warming.
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.
Where this word comes from
From Latin segmentum (“a piece cut off, a strip, segment of the earth, a strip of tinsel”), from secāre (“to cut”).
To divide into segments or sections.
Segment the essay by topic.
Where this word comes from
From Latin segmentum (“a piece cut off, a strip, segment of the earth, a strip of tinsel”), from secāre (“to cut”).
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.