segment /ˈsɛɡ.mənt/noun 14/sɛɡˈmɛnt/ verb 1forms 3 noun14 •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.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. •The part of a circle between its circumference and a chord (usually other than the diameter). •The part of a sphere cut off by a plane. •Any of the pieces that constitute an order tree. •A discrete unit of speech: a consonant or a vowel. •A portion of an organ whose cells are derived from a single cell within the primordium from which the organ developed.In Lejeuneaceae vegetative branches normally originate from the basiscopic basal portion of a lateral segment half, as in the Radulaceae, and the associated leaves, therefore, are quite unmodified. — 1992 •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. segment /sɛɡˈmɛnt/ verb1 •To divide into segments or sections.Segment the essay by topic. formssegmented · segmenting · segments
