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ALL meanings of segment

seg·ment
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  • noun segment section, part 1
  • transitive verb segment divide into segments 1
  • noun segment one of the parts into which something naturally separates or is divided; a division, portion, or section: a segment of an orange. 1
  • noun segment Geometry. a part cut off from a figure, especially a circular or spherical one, by a line or plane, as a part of a circular area contained by an arc and its chord or by two parallel lines or planes. Also called line segment. a finite section of a line. 1
  • noun segment Zoology. any of the rings that compose the body of an annelid or arthropod. any of the discrete parts of the body of an animal, especially of an arthropod. 1
  • noun segment an object, as a machine part, having the form of a segment or sector of a circle. 1
  • noun segment Computers. a portion of a program, often one that can be loaded and executed independently of other portions. a unit of data in a database. 1
  • noun segment an arclike support on which the typebars of a typewriter rest when not in use. 1
  • countable noun segment A segment of something is one part of it, considered separately from the rest. 0
  • countable noun segment A segment of fruit such as an orange or grapefruit is one of the sections into which it is easily divided. 0
  • countable noun segment A segment of a circle is one of the two parts into which it is divided when you draw a straight line through it. 0
  • countable noun segment A segment of a market is one part of it, considered separately from the rest. 0
  • verb segment If a company segments a market, it divides it into separate parts, usually in order to improve marketing opportunities. 0
  • noun segment a part of a line or curve between two points 0
  • noun segment a part of a plane or solid figure cut off by an intersecting line, plane, or planes, esp one between a chord and an arc of a circle 0
  • noun segment one of several parts or sections into which an object is divided; portion 0
  • noun segment any of the parts into which the body or appendages of an annelid or arthropod are divided 0
  • noun segment a speech sound considered in isolation 0
  • verb segment to cut or divide (a whole object) into segments 0
  • noun segment any of the parts into which a body is separated or separable; division; section 0
  • noun segment a part of a figure, esp. of a circle or sphere, marked off or made separate by a line or plane, as a part of a circular area bounded by an arc and its chord 0
  • noun segment any of the finite sections of a line 0
  • noun segment a phone, or single sound, in the stream of speech 0
  • noun segment metamere 0
  • noun segment the part of an arthropod appendage between joints 0
  • verb transitive segment to divide into segments 0
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