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seg·ment [ ségmənt ]

noun (plural seg·ments)

Definition:

1. component part: any of the parts or sections into which an object or group is divided

2. zoology organism's body part: any of the individual units that make up the body or part of the body of some animals

3. mathematics part of geometric figure: the portion of a line or curve between any two of its points, or the portion of a solid cut by a plane

4. linguistics speech sound: any of the individual speech sounds that make up a longer string of sounds

transitive verb (past and past participle seg·ment·ed, present participle seg·ment·ing, 3rd person present singular seg·ments)

Definition:

split something into segments: to divide an object or group into segments

[Late 16th century. < Latin segmentum< secare "to cut"]

seg·men·tal [ seg mént'l ] adjective

seg·men·tar·y [ ségmən tèrree ] adjective