segment

(sĕg'mənt)
n.

1. Any of the parts into which something can be divided: segments of the community; a segment of a television program.
2. Mathematics.
   1. The portion of a line between any two points on the line.
   2. The area bounded by a chord and the arc of a curve subtended by the chord.
   3. The portion of a sphere cut off by two parallel planes.
3. Biology. A clearly differentiated subdivision of an organism or part, such as a metamere.

tr. & intr.v., -ment·ed, -ment·ing, -ments. (sĕg-mĕnt')
To divide or become divided into segments.

[Latin segmentum, from secāre, to cut.]

segmentary seg'men·tar'y (-mən-tĕr'ē) adj.

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(1) Any partition, reserved area, partial component or piece of a larger structure. See overlay.

(2) One of the bars that make up a single character in an LED or LCD display.

(3) For DOS segment addressing, see paragraph.

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Functional or responsibility area within a business that can be reported upon separately. The assets, revenue, and earnings of a segment are operationally distinguishable. Examples of business segments are division, department, product line, and geographic area.
See also segment reporting.

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noun

1. One of the parts into which something is divided: division, member, part, piece, portion, section, subdivision. See part/whole.
2. A part severed from a whole: cut, piece, portion, section, slice. See part/whole.
3. A particular subdivision of a written work: part, passage, section. See part/whole.

verb

To make a division into parts, sections, or branches: break up, dissever, divide, part, partition, section, separate. See assemble/disassemble, part/whole.

n

Definition: part of something
Antonyms: whole

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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Plane figure contained by a straight line and part of the circumference of a circle. A segmental arch is therefore the shape of a segment, formed by its centre far below the springing-line of the arch.

A component of a business that is or will generate revenues and costs related to operations. Financial information should be available for a segment's activities and performance and must also be periodically reviewed by the company's management before a decision can be made regarding the amount of capital that will be given to the segment for a particular operating period.

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For accounting purposes, FASB's SFAS 131 is the definitive source when it comes to accounting practices involving segments.

An example of a segment would be XYZ Corp.'s widget division because it generates its own revenue as a result of selling widgets and incurs expenses as a result of the costs involved with producing this product.

Keep in mind that not every component of a company constitutes a segment. For example, XYZ Corp.'s marketing division would not be considered a segment because it does not perform operations that directly earn revenue.

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IN BRIEF: One of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object.

The first segment of the movie was boring, however, I enjoyed the second half.

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A segment is an internal slice of a fruit. A segment is a compartment inside a fruit where a separation such as a membrane isolates one edible portion from another. Seeds are often found within. Albedo is the white soft cushion-like substance underlying the zest or the outer layer. At the center of concentric segments as in citrus fruits, a pith is located. This pith is made of the same substance as the albedo. See Albedo.

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A demarcated portion of a whole.

• bronchopulmonary s. — one of the subdivisions of the lobe of a lung, sometimes separated from others by a connective tissue septum and supplied by its own branch of the bronchus leading to the particular lobe.
• hepatic s's — subdivisions of the hepatic lobes based on arterial and biliary supply and venous drainage.

n

Any of the parts into which a body naturally separates or is divided, either actually or by an imaginary line.

For a list of words related to segment, see:

• Broadcast Journalism - segment: relatively brief but complete treatment of specific news story, comprising portion of news broadcast
• Fixed Positions and Points - segment: portion of larger figure, esp. circle, cut off by one or more lines or planes

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See words rhyming with "segmentary."

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - segment, del, stykke, udsnit, afsnit
v. tr. - segmentere, leddele
v. intr. - segmentere, leddele

Nederlands (Dutch)
segment, zich splijten, verdelen

Français (French)
n. - (Anat, Comput, Math, Ling, Zool) segment, secteur (de marché), part (de population), quartier (d'orange)
v. tr. - segmenter, couper en quartiers
v. intr. - segmenter, couper en quartiers

Deutsch (German)
n. - Segment, Abschnitt, Schnitz
v. - aufteilen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - τμήμα/τομέας (κύκλου), (βιολ.) μεταμερίδιο
v. - (κατα)τέμνω/-ομαι

Italiano (Italian)
segmento, fetta, spicchio, anello, segmentare, riprodursi per scissione o divisione (biol.)

Português (Portuguese)
n. - segmento (m)
v. - segmentar

Русский (Russian)
часть, сектор, сегмент, пластина коллектора, делить на части, делиться на части

Español (Spanish)
n. - segmento
v. tr. - segmentar, dividir en segmentos
v. intr. - segmentarse

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - segment, del, avsnitt
v. - segmentera, dela upp

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
部分, 切片, 断片, 部门, 线段, 分割, 切割, 分割成部分, 切成片

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 部分, 切片, 斷片, 部門, 線段
v. tr. - 分割, 切割
v. intr. - 分割成部分, 切成片

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 단편, (직선의) 선분, (방송 등의) 한 프로
v. tr. - 분할하다, 분열하다, 나누다
v. intr. - 분할하다, 분열시키다, 나누어지다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 区切り, 区分, 部分, 線分, 弧, 体節, 切片
v. - 分ける, 分割する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) قسم, قطعه, ألقطعه ألدائريه (فعل) يتفصص, ينفصل ألى قطع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮קטע, פלח, מקטע (בהנדסה)‬
v. tr. - ‮חילק לקטעים‬
v. intr. - ‮התחלק‬

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