segment
[noun]
Synonyms: section, bit, division, part, piece, portion, slice, wedge

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Related Words: categorize, compartmentalize, divide, separate, isolate, seclude, set off

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. seg‧ment¹ /ˈseɡmənt/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: segmentum, from secare 'to cut']

1. a part of something that is different from or affected differently from the whole in some way
segment of
segments of the population

2.
a part of a fruit, flower, or insect that it naturally divides into:
Decorate with orange segments.

3. technical the part of a circle that is separated from the rest of the circle when you draw a straight line across it

4. technical the part of a line or of a length of something between two points
segment of
segments of DNA

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. seg‧ment² /seɡˈment/ verb [transitive]
to divide something into parts that are different from each other

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