seg·ment

[n. seg-muhnt; v. seg-ment, seg-ment]
noun
1.
one of the parts into which something naturally separates or is divided; a division, portion, or section: a segment of an orange.
2.
Geometry.
a.
a part cut off from a figure, especially a circular or spherical one, by a line or plane, as a part of a circular area contained by an arc and its chord or by two parallel lines or planes.
b.
Also called line segment. a finite section of a line.
3.
Zoology.
a.
any of the rings that compose the body of an annelid or arthropod.
b.
any of the discrete parts of the body of an animal, especially of an arthropod.
4.
an object, as a machine part, having the form of a segment or sector of a circle.
5.
Computers.
a.
a portion of a program, often one that can be loaded and executed independently of other portions.
b.
a unit of data in a database.
6.
an arclike support on which the typebars of a typewriter rest when not in use.
verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
7.
to separate or divide into segments.
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Origin:
1560–70; < Latin segmentum, equivalent to sec(āre) to cut + -mentum -ment

Related forms
seg·men·tar·y [seg-muhn-ter-ee] , adjective
seg·men·tate, adjective
in·ter·seg·ment, noun, adjective
mul·ti·seg·ment, adjective
mul·ti·seg·ment·ed, adjective
non·seg·men·tar·y, adjective
non·seg·ment·ed, adjective
un·seg·men·tar·y, adjective
un·seg·ment·ed, adjective

Synonyms
1. See part.
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segment
 
—n
1.  maths
 a.  a part of a line or curve between two points
 b.  a part of a plane or solid figure cut off by an intersecting line, plane, or planes, esp one between a chord and an arc of a circle
2.  one of several parts or sections into which an object is divided; portion
3.  zoology any of the parts into which the body or appendages of an annelid or arthropod are divided
4.  linguistics a speech sound considered in isolation
 
—vb
5.  to cut or divide (a whole object) into segments
 
[C16: from Latin segmentum, from secāre to cut]
 
segmentary
 
—adj

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segment
1570, from L. segmentum "a strip or piece cut off," originally a geometric term, from secare "to cut" (see section), with euphonious alteration of -c- to -g- before -m-. The verb is recorded from 1859.
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Medical Dictionary

segment seg·ment (sěg'mənt)
n.

  1. A clearly differentiated subdivision of an organism or part, such as a metamere.

  2. A part of an organ having independent function, supply, or drainage.

  3. See zona.

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Science Dictionary
segment   (sěg'mənt)  Pronunciation Key 

  1. The portion of a line between any two of its points.

  2. The region bounded by an arc of a circle and the chord that connects the endpoints of the arc.

  3. The portion of a sphere included between a pair of parallel planes that intersect it or are tangent to it.


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Slang Dictionary

segfault

n.,vi. Syn. {segment}, {segmentation fault}.

segment

/seg'ment/ vi. To experience a segmentation fault. Confusingly, this is often pronounced more like the noun `segment' than like mainstream v. segment; this is because it is actually a noun shorthand that has been verbed.
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Computing Dictionary

segment definition


/seg'ment/ 1. A collection of pages in a memory management system.
2. A separately relocatable section of an executable program. Unix executables have a text segment (executable machine instructions), a data segment (initialised data) and a bss segment (uninitialised data).
3. network segment.
4. To experience a segmentation fault. Confusingly, the stress is often put on the first syllable, like the noun "segment", rather than the second like mainstream verb "segment". This is because it is actually a noun shorthand that has been verbed.
5. A block of memory in a segmented address space.
[Jargon File]
(2004-02-27)

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Example sentences
In many cases, the campus's own undergraduate population is the single largest segment of the workforce.
The challenge now is cultivating these skills in a broader segment of society.
Snakes add a new rattle segment each time they shed.
Centipedes have long, segmented bodies, with each segment having a pair of legs.
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