segment
- Noun. A length of some object.
- Noun. (mathematics) A straight path between two points that is the shortest distance between them.
- Noun. (geometry) The part of a circle between its circumference and a chord (usually other than the diameter).
- Noun. (topology) Any of the pieces that comprise an order tree.
- Noun. (phonology) A consonant or a vowel.
- Noun. (broadcasting) A part of a broadcast program, devoted to a topic.
- Noun. (computing) An Ethernet bus.
- Noun. (travel) A portion of an itinerary; can be a flight or train between two cities, a car or hotel booked in a particular city.
- Noun. (botany) A portion of an organ whose cells are derive from a single cell within the primordium from which the organ developed.
- Noun. (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.
- Verb. To divide into segments or sections.
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