segment
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin segmentum (“a piece cut off, a strip, segment of the earth, a strip of tinsel”), from secare (“to cut”).
Pronunciation [edit]
- noun
- verb
- (UK) IPA: /sɛɡˈmɛnt/, X-SAMPA: /sEg"mEnt/
- (US) enPR: sĕgʹmĕnt, sĕg-mĕntʹ, IPA: /ˈsɛɡmɛnt/, /sɛɡˈmɛnt/, X-SAMPA: /"sEgmEnt/, /sEg"mEnt/
Noun [edit]
segment (plural segments)
- A length of some object.
- a segment of rope
- (mathematics) A straight path between two points that is the shortest distance between them.
- (geometry) The part of a circle between its circumference and a chord (usually other than the diameter).
- (topology) Any of the pieces that comprise an order tree.
- (phonology) A consonant or a vowel.
- (broadcasting) A part of a broadcast program, devoted to a topic.
- The news showed a segment on global warming.
- 2012 April 29, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Treehouse of Horror III” (season 4, episode 5; originally aired 10/29/1992)”:
- In “Treehouse Of Horror” episodes, the rules aren’t just different—they don’t even exist. If writers want Homer to kill Flanders or for a segment to end with a marriage between a woman and a giant ape, they can do so without worrying about continuity or consistency or fans griping that the gang is behaving out of character.
- (computing) An Ethernet bus.
- (travel) A portion of an itinerary; can be a flight or train between two cities, a car or hotel booked in a particular city.
- (botany) A portion of an organ whose cells are derive from a single cell within the primordium from which the organ developed.
- 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page 5
- In Lejeuneaceae vegetative branches normally originate from the basiscopic basal portion of a lateral segment half, as in the Radulaceae, and the associated leaves, therefore, are quite unmodified.
- 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page 5
- (zoology) One of several parts of an organism, with similar structure, arranged in a chain; such as a vertebra, or a third of an insect's thorax.
Synonyms [edit]
- (part or section of a whole): lith
- (straight path): line segment
- (area of a circle): circular segment
Derived terms [edit]
Related terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
length of some object
line segment — see line segment
circular segment — see circular segment
Verb [edit]
segment (third-person singular simple present segments, present participle segmenting, simple past and past participle segmented)
- To divide into segments or sections.
- Segment the essay by topic.
Hyponyms [edit]
Translations [edit]
to divide into segments or sections
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External links [edit]
- segment in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- segment in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Crimean Tatar [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Latin segmentum (“cutting”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”)
Noun [edit]
segment
- segment
Declension [edit]
declension of segment
| nominative | segment |
|---|---|
| genitive | segmentniñ |
| dative | segmentke |
| accusative | segmentni |
| locative | segmentte |
| ablative | segmentten |
References [edit]
- Useinov & Mireev Dictionary, Simferopol, Dolya, 2002 [1]
Serbo-Croatian [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /sěɡment/
- Hyphenation: seg‧ment
Noun [edit]
sègment m (Cyrillic spelling сѐгмент)
Declension [edit]
declension of segment
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sègment | segmenti |
| genitive | segmenta | sègmenātā |
| dative | segmentu | segmentima |
| accusative | segment | segmente |
| vocative | segmente | segmenti |
| locative | segmentu | segmentima |
| instrumental | segmentom | segmentima |
Slovak [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin segmentum (“cutting”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”)
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ˈseɡment/
- Hyphenation: seg‧ment
Noun [edit]
segment m (genitive singular segmentu, nominative plural segmenty), declension pattern dub
Declension [edit]
Categories:
- English terms derived from Latin
- English nouns
- en:Mathematics
- en:Geometry
- en:Topology
- en:Phonology
- en:Broadcasting
- en:Computing
- en:Travel
- en:Botany
- en:Zoology
- English verbs
- English heteronyms
- Crimean Tatar terms derived from Latin
- Crimean Tatar terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Crimean Tatar nouns
- Serbo-Croatian nouns
- Serbo-Croatian masculine nouns
- Slovak terms derived from Latin
- Slovak terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Slovak masculine nouns
- Slovak nouns