segment
Meaning of segment
noun
- each of the parts into which something is or may be divided.
a large segment of the local population
orange segments
the market for private cars can be broken down into several segments
- a part of a figure cut off by a line or plane intersecting it.
- each of the series of similar anatomical units of which the body and appendages of some animals are composed, such as the visible rings of an earthworm's body.
- the smallest distinct part of a spoken utterance, especially with regard to vowel and consonant sounds rather than stress or intonation.
- divide (something) into separate parts or sections.
the unemployed are segmented into two groups
late 16th century (as a term in geometry): from Latin segmentum, from secare ‘to cut’. The verb dates from the mid 19th century.
Information about segment
- The plural form of segment is: segments.
- Languages in which segment is used:
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CatalanHyphenation of segment
seg-ment
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- segment is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
segment synonyms
Meaning section:
Meaning a portion of an object or of material, produced by cutting, tearing, or breaking the whole:
Meaning an amount or section which, when combined with others, makes up the whole of something:
Meaning a small piece, part, or quantity of something:
Meaning a thick, solid piece of something:
Meaning each of the parts into which something is divided:
Meaning a part of a whole:
Meaning a thin, broad piece of food, such as bread, meat, or cake, cut from a larger portion:
Meaning a small part broken off or separated from something:
Meaning a part or element of a larger whole, especially a part of a machine or vehicle:
Meaning an object or piece of something shaped like a wedge:
Meaning a compact mass of a substance, especially one without a definite or regular shape:
Meaning a large, thick, flat piece of stone or concrete, typically square or rectangular in shape:
Meaning a large piece of something, especially food, cut or broken off a larger piece:
Meaning an object or collection of objects wrapped in paper in order to be carried or sent by post:
Meaning a portion of something, especially money:
Meaning a large piece or amount of something:
Meaning the action of subdividing or being subdivided:
Meaning a numerical quantity that is not a whole number (e.g. 1/2, 0.5):
Meaning a component part of something:
Meaning an essential or characteristic part of something abstract:
Meaning an individual thing or person regarded as single and complete but which can also form an individual component of a larger or more complex whole:
Meaning each of a set of standardized parts or independent units that can be used to construct a more complex structure, such as an item of furniture or a building:
Meaning any of the foods or substances that are combined to make a particular dish:
Meaning a division of a large organization such as a government, university, or business, dealing with a specific area of activity:
Meaning a separate section or part of a structure or container:
Meaning an area or portion that is distinct from others:
Meaning a part of a tree which grows out from the trunk or from a bough:
Meaning (in a bird) a modified forelimb that bears large feathers and is used for flying:
Meaning separate or be separated into parts:
Meaning divide (something that has already been divided or that is a separate unit):
Meaning cause to move or be apart:
Meaning break or cause to break forcibly into parts, especially into halves or along the grain:
Meaning cut off the limbs of (a person or animal):
Meaning divide by cutting or slicing, especially suddenly and forcibly:
Meaning set apart from the rest or from each other; isolate or divide:
Meaning legally dissolve one's marriage with (someone):
Meaning divide into parts:
Meaning give a share or a unit of (something) to each of a number of recipients:
segment antonyms
Meaning a thing that is complete in itself:
Meaning combine or unite to form one organization or structure:
Translation of segment
- Spanish: porción, segneto, dividir, seccionar, fraccionar, subdividir, segmentar
- Italian: tratto, segmento, dividere, suddividere, frazionare, segmentare
- French: segment, segmenter
Anagrams of segment
Words that rhyme with segment
Ment, ment, Parliament, Sacrament, Testament, additament, agrament, aldeament, ament, amerciament, antepredicament, antiparliament, appropriament, arbitrament, armament, atrament, attemperament, capillament, colament, colliquament, crassament, decorament, delineament, delirament, deparliament, disarmament, ferrament, filament, firmament, forepredicament, fundament, hereditament, intemperament, interparliament, interpretament, irritament, jurament, lament, lavament, libament, ligament, lineament, loculament, machinament, mandament, medicament, microfilament, monofilament, multifilament, myofilament
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