segment

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object

   Ants have three main segments.

2. 2
   noun

   one of the parts into which something naturally divides

   They handed me an orange segment.

3. 3
   verb

   to divide or split up

   The cells segmented.

4. 4
   verb

   to divide into segments

   I segmented an orange.

5. 5
   noun

   A length of some object.

   a segment of rope

6. 6
   noun

   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

7. 7
   noun

   A part of a broadcast program, devoted to a topic.

   The news showed a segment on global warming.

8. 8
   verb

   To divide into segments or sections.

   Segment the essay by topic.

Etymology

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