segment

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   one of the parts that something is divided into

   She peeled the orange and ate one segment.

2. 2
   noun

   a separate part of a broadcast, market, or group

   The show ended with a segment on healthy cooking.

3. 3
   verb

   to divide something into separate parts

   The company segments its customers by age.

From Latin segmentum (“a piece cut off, a strip, segment of the earth, a strip of tinsel”), from secāre (“to cut”).

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