segment
A length of some objectA length of some object.
» This segment of the audio contains too much background noise.
Meaning
13 sensesA length of some object.
a segment of rope
Segment
отре́зокotrézok, сегме́нтsegmént
відрі́зокvidrízok, сегме́нтsehmént
One of the parts into which any body naturally separates or is divided; a part divided or cut off; a section; a portion.
a segment of an orange; a segment of a compound or divided leaf
one of the parts into which something naturally divides
A portion.
A straight path between two points that is the shortest distance between them; a line segment.
The part of a circle between its circumference and a chord (usually other than the diameter).
The part of a sphere cut off by a plane.
Any of the pieces that constitute an order tree.
one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object
A discrete unit of speech: a consonant or a vowel.
A portion of an organ whose cells are derived from a single cell within the primordium from which the organ developed.
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.
A part of a broadcast program, devoted to a topic.
The news showed a segment on global warming.
An Ethernet bus.
A region of memory or a fragment of an executable file designated to contain a particular part of a program.
Examples
20 sentencesThis segment of the audio contains too much background noise.
Divide this line segment into twenty equal parts.
ruРаздели этот отрезок прямой на двадцать равных частей.
deTeile diesen Streckenabschnitt in zwanzig gleiche Teile.
Midori ate a large segment of the orange.
The earthworm and the leech are both segmented worms.
deDer Regenwurm und der Blutegel sind beides Ringelwürmer.
I need fifty ten-foot-long segments of wire.
Translations
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Origin
From Latin segmentum (“a piece cut off, a strip, segment of the earth, a strip of tinsel”)From Latin segmentum (“a piece cut off, a strip, segment of the earth, a strip of tinsel”), from secāre (“to cut”).
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Forms
plural: segmentsSynonyms
6 synonyms- one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object:section