segment

Noun

1. A length of some object.
2. One of the parts into which any body naturally separates or is divided; a part divided or cut off; a section; a portion.
3. A portion.
4. A portion.
5. A portion.
6. A portion.
7. A portion.
8. A portion.
9. A portion.
10. A part of a broadcast program, devoted to a topic.
11. An Ethernet bus.
12. A region of memory or a fragment of an executable file designated to contain a particular part of a program.
13. A portion of an itinerary: it may be a flight or train between two cities, or a car or hotel booked in a particular city.

Verb

To divide into segments or sections.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsɛɡ.mənt/

Etymology

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

Synonyms

section

part

piece

fragment

slice

portion

paragraph

partition

cut

divide

division

bit

sector

joint

node

block

cleave

stem

instalment

leg

🦵

department

zone

subdivide

fractionalize

knot

🪢

chapter

share

component part

component

parcel

extension

excerpt

column

end

🔚

closed interval

dissect

disjoint

length

dimension

circle

⭕

annulus

layered

digit

lamella

chunk

leaf

intersect

internode

limb

crescent-shaped

Translations

segment

Segment

segmento

segmento

Abschnitt

segment

Kreisabschnitt

segmento

τμήμα

segment

parça

spicchio

segmentar

Strecke

section