segment
UK /ˈsɛɡ.mənt/ US /ˈsɛɡ.mənt/
noun 5verb 1
Definitions
noun
1
A length of some object.
a segment of rope
2
One of the parts into which any body naturally separates or is divided; a part divided or cut off; a section; a portion.
a segment of an orange; a segment of a compound or divided leaf
The ability of a segment of a glass sphere to magnify whatever is placed before it was known around the year 1000, when the spherical segment was called a reading stone,[…]. Scribes, illuminators, and scholars held such stones directly over manuscript pages as an aid in seeing what was being written, drawn, or read.
3
A portion.
4
A portion.
5
A portion.
verb
1
To divide into segments or sections.
Segment the essay by topic.
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