segment

Pluralsegments

Formssegments, segmenting, segmented

1. 1
   nouncountable

   One of the parts that something is divided into.

   Like one slice of an orange.

   She peeled the orange and ate one segment at a time.

   The cake was cut into eight equal segments.

   Similarsection, portion, part, piece

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2. 2
   verbtransitive or intransitive

   To split something into smaller parts or sections.

   Like cutting a pizza into slices.

   They segment the class into small groups for reading.

   We segmented the cake into equal pieces.

   Similardivide, split, partition, section, separate

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3. 3
   nouncountable

   A single piece of something long, like a rope or pipe.

   Like one piece of a chopped-up garden hose.

   He replaced a rusty segment of the old fence.

   They cut the rope into three short segments.

   Similarsection, length, piece, portion, part

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4. 4
   nouncountable

   A part of a TV or radio show that is about one topic.

   Like one chapter in a TV show, all about one thing.

   The news ran a short segment on local schools.

   Viewers loved the cooking segment at the end of the show.

   Similarslot, item, spot, feature, section

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5. 5
   nouncountable

   One part of a trip, such as a single flight or hotel booking.

   Like one leg of a relay race: just one part of the whole trip.

   The first segment of our trip was a short flight to Denver.

   We canceled one segment and kept the rest of the trip.

   Similarleg, stage, part

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6. 6
   nouncountable

   The straight line between two points, including both ends.

   Like a straight string pulled tight between two pins.

   Draw a segment from one corner of the box to the other.

   The two dots are joined by a short segment.

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7. 7
   nouncountable

   One of the repeating body parts of an animal, joined in a row.

   Like the linked parts of a toy train, joined one after another.

   An earthworm's body is made of many small segments.

   Each segment of the centipede carries a pair of legs.

   Similarsection

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8. 8
   nouncountable

   The part of a circle cut off by a straight line across it.

   Like the rounded slice you cut off the top of a round cake.

   Shade the small segment above the line you just drew.

   A chord cuts the circle into two segments.

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9. 9
   nouncountable

   The part of a ball cut off by a flat slice.

   Like the rounded top you slice off an orange.

   Slice the top off the ball to make a rounded segment.

   The flat cut leaves a small segment of the sphere.

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10. 10
    nouncountable

    A part of computer memory set aside for one part of a program.

    Like separate drawers, each holding one kind of thing.

    The program stores its code in one memory segment.

    Each segment holds a different part of the software.

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