'Segment' definitions:
Definition of 'segment'
From: WordNet
noun
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" [syn: section, segment]
noun
One of the parts into which something naturally divides; "a segment of an orange"
verb
Divide into segments; "segment an orange"; "segment a compound word" [syn: segment, section]
verb
Divide or split up; "The cells segmented"
Definition of 'Segment'
From: GCIDE
- Segment \Seg"ment\, v. i. (Biol.) To divide or separate into parts in growth; to undergo segmentation, or cleavage, as in the segmentation of the ovum. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Segment'
From: GCIDE
- Segment \Seg"ment\, n. [L. segmentum, fr. secare to cut, cut off: cf. F. segment. See Saw a cutting instrument.]
- 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Geom.) 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Mach.) (a) 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. (b) A segment gear. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Biol.) (a) One of the cells or division formed by segmentation, as in egg cleavage or in fissiparous cell formation. (b) One of the divisions, rings, or joints into which many animal bodies are divided; a somite; a metamere; a somatome. [1913 Webster]
- Segment gear, a piece for receiving or communicating reciprocating motion from or to a cogwheel, consisting of a sector of a circular gear, or ring, having cogs on the periphery, or face.
- Segment of a line, the part of a line contained between two points on it.
- Segment of a sphere, the part of a sphere cut off by a plane, or included between two parallel planes.
- Ventral segment. (Acoustics) See Loor, n., 5. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'segment'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adjunct,
- affiliation,
- air line,
- allotment,
- allowance,
- analyze,
- anatomize,
- apportion,
- assay,
- axis,
- beeline,
- big end,
- bigger half,
- bit,
- bite,
- body,
- branch,
- break down,
- break up,
- budget,
- categorize,
- chord,
- chunk,
- church,
- cleave,
- commission,
- communion,
- community,
- component,
- contingent,
- cross section,
- cut,
- cut up,
- deal,
- denomination,
- destiny,
- detachment,
- detail,
- diagonal,
- diameter,
- direct line,
- directrix,
- dissect,
- district,
- divide,
- divide up,
- dividend,
- division,
- divvy,
- divvy up,
- dole,
- edge,
- element,
- end,
- equal share,
- faction,
- fate,
- fellowship,
- fraction,
- fragment,
- great-circle course,
- group,
- half,
- halver,
- helping,
- installment,
- interest,
- isolate,
- item,
- joint,
- length,
- lot,
- measure,
- meed,
- member,
- mess,
- modicum,
- moiety,
- normal,
- offshoot,
- order,
- organization,
- parcel,
- parcel out,
- part,
- particular,
- partition,
- party,
- percentage,
- perpendicular,
- persuasion,
- piece,
- portion,
- proportion,
- quadrant,
- quantum,
- quarter,
- quota,
- radius,
- radius vector,
- rake-off,
- random sample,
- ration,
- reduce,
- reduce to elements,
- religious order,
- remainder,
- resolve,
- right line,
- sample,
- sampling,
- schism,
- school,
- secant,
- seclude,
- sect,
- sectarism,
- section,
- sector,
- separate,
- set off,
- share,
- shortcut,
- side,
- slice,
- small share,
- society,
- split,
- split up,
- stake,
- stock,
- straight,
- straight course,
- straight line,
- straight stretch,
- straightaway,
- streamline,
- subdivide,
- subdivision,
- subgroup,
- subspecies,
- tangent,
- transversal,
- variety,
- vector,
- version,
- wedge,
- zone
Words containing 'Segment'
- Segmental,
- Segmentation,
- Segmented,
- Segment gear,
- Segment of a line,
- Segment of a sphere,
- Segmental duct,
- Segmental organs,
- Segmental tubes,
- Segmentation cavity,
- Segmentation nucleus,
- Segmentation of the ovum,
- Segmentation sphere,
- Spherical segment,
- Ventral segment,
- regular segmentation,
- segmental arch,
- segmented worm