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segment.

A length of some object.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈsɛɡ.mənt/UK, US
  1. A length of some object.

    a segment of rope
  2. 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
  3. A portion. A straight path between two points that is the shortest distance between them; a line segment.

  4. A portion. The part of a circle between its circumference and a chord (usually other than the diameter).

  5. A portion. The part of a sphere cut off by a plane.

  6. A portion. Any of the pieces that constitute an order tree.

  7. A portion. A discrete unit of speech: a consonant or a vowel.

  8. A portion. A portion of an organ whose cells are derived from a single cell within the primordium from which the organ developed.

  9. 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.

  10. A part of a broadcast program, devoted to a topic.

    The news showed a segment on global warming.
  11. An Ethernet bus.

  12. A region of memory or a fragment of an executable file designated to contain a particular part of a program.

  13. 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”).

verb/sɛɡˈmɛnt/UK/ˈsɛɡmɛnt/US/sɛɡˈmɛnt/US
  1. To divide into segments or sections.

    ambitransitive
    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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