Segment

n. fragment; section; part, portion; slice, piece

v. divide into sections, partition; be divided into sections, be partitioned

Segment may mean:an internal section of a citrus fruitMarket segment, the smaller subgroups comprising a marketSegment (travel), a basis for billing travel, especially by aircraftComputingMemory segment, the portion of computer memory which may be addressed by a single index registerImage segment created in computer visionString segment, the substring of a pattern delimited by two don't cares or one don't care and beginning or end of the patternNetwork segment, a part of a larger computer networkA protocol data unit of the transport layer in computing, e.g. TCP segment GeometryLine segment, part of a line that is bounded by two end pointsCircular segment, the area which is "cut off" from the rest of the circle by a secant or a chord ScienceSegment (biology), a repeated part of the metazoan bodySegment (anthropology)Segment (linguistics), a consonant or vowelSegment (rocketry), a controlled rocket motor burn of specified duration
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Noun
1. one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object; "a section of a fishing rod"; "metal sections were used below ground"; "finished the final segment of the road"
(synonym) section
(hypernym) part, portion
(hyponym) bend, curve
(part-holonym) whole, whole thing, unit
(derivation) section
2. one of the parts into which something naturally divides; "a segment of an orange"
(hypernym) part, piece
(hyponym) metamere, somite
Verb
1. divide into segments; "segment an orange"; "segment a compound word"
(synonym) section
(hypernym) separate, divide, part
(hyponym) syllabify, syllabicate, syllabize, syllabise
2. divide or split up; "The cells segmented"
(hypernym) separate, divide, part
(verb-group) section

n. segment, fragment

n. segment, fragment, section