| Definitions of 'segment' |
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1. (noun) section, segment
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"
2. (verb) segment
one of the parts into which something naturally divides
"a segment of an orange"
3. (verb) segment, section
divide into segments
"segment an orange"; "segment a compound word"
4. (verb) segment
divide or split up
"The cells segmented"
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| Definitions of 'segment' |
Webster 1913 Dictionary |
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1. (noun) segment
one of the parts into which any body naturally separates or is divided; a part divided or cut off; a section; a portion; as, a segment of an orange; a segment of a compound or divided leaf
2. (noun) segment
a part cut off from a figure by a line or plane; especially, that part of a circle contained between a chord and an arc of that circle, or so much of the circle as is cut off by the chord; as, the segment acb in the Illustration
3. (noun) segment
a piece in the form of the sector of a circle, or part of a ring; as, the segment of a sectional fly wheel or flywheel rim
4. (noun) segment
a segment gear
5. (noun) segment
one of the cells or division formed by segmentation, as in egg cleavage or in fissiparous cell formation
6. (noun) segment
one of the divisions, rings, or joints into which many animal bodies are divided; a somite; a metamere; a somatome
7. (verb) segment
to divide or separate into parts in growth; to undergo segmentation, or cleavage, as in the segmentation of the ovum
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