segment
//ˈsɛɡ.mənt//
Forms
- Plural
- segments
- present (v1)
- segment
- past (v2)
- segmented
- past participle (v3)
- segmented
- present participle
- segmenting
- 3rd person singular
- segments
Definitions
1.A length of some object.
2.One of the parts into which any body naturally separates or is divided; a part divided or cut off; a section; a portion.
3.A portion.
- 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.
4.A part of a broadcast program, devoted to a topic.
- The news showed a segment on global warming.
1.To divide into segments or sections.
- Segment the essay by topic.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3230
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Synonyms
Etymology
From Latin segmentum (“a piece cut off, a strip, segment of the earth, a strip of tinsel”)
From secāre (“to cut”).