Segment Definition

sĕgmənt

segmented, segmenting, segments

noun

segments

Any of the parts into which a body is separated or separable; division; section.

Webster's New World

Any of the parts into which something can be divided.

Segments of the community; a segment of a television program.

American Heritage

A part of a figure, esp. of a circle or sphere, marked off or made separate by a line or plane, as a part of a circular area bounded by an arc and its chord.

Webster's New World

Any of the finite sections of a line.

Webster's New World

The portion of a sphere cut off by two parallel planes.

American Heritage

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Antonyms:
whole

verb

segmented, segmenting, segments

To divide or become divided into segments.

American Heritage

To divide into segments.

Webster's New World

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Other Word Forms of Segment

Noun

Singular:

segment

Plural:

segments

Origin of Segment

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

From Wiktionary
Latin segmentum from secāre to cut sek- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition