About The Word Segment
Learn about the word Segment to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Segment definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Segment
| Segment Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Segment?
[n] one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object; "a section of a fishing rod"; "metal sections were used below ground"; "finished the final segment of the road"
[n] one of the parts into which something naturally divides; "a segment of an orange" [v] divide or split up; "The cells segmented" [v] divide into segments; "segment an orange"; "segment a compound word" Synonyms | Synonyms for Segment: section Related Terms | Find terms related to Segment: See Also | bend | curve | dado | divide | leaf | length | metamere | part | part | part | piece | portion | quarter | sarcomere | section | separate | somite | straight | straightaway | subdivision | subsection | syllabicate | syllabify | syllabise | syllabize | unit | whole | whole thing Segment In Webster's Dictionary \Seg"ment\, n. [L. segmentum, fr. secare to cut, cut
off: cf. F. segment. See {Saw} a cutting instrument.]
1. One of the parts into which any body naturally separates
or is divided; a part divided or cut off; a section; a
portion; as, a segment of an orange; a segment of a
compound or divided leaf.
2. (Geom.) A part cut off from a figure by a line or plane;
especially, that part of a circle contained between a
chord and an arc of that circle, or so much of the circle
as is cut off by the chord; as, the segment acb in the
Illustration.
3. (Mach.)
(a) A piece in the form of the sector of a circle, or part
of a ring; as, the segment of a sectional fly wheel or
flywheel rim.
(b) A segment gear.
4. (Biol.)
(a) One of the cells or division formed by segmentation,
as in egg cleavage or in fissiparous cell formation.
(b) One of the divisions, rings, or joints into which many
animal bodies are divided; a somite; a metamere; a
somatome.
{Segment gear}, a piece for receiving or communicating
reciprocating motion from or to a cogwheel, consisting of
a sector of a circular gear, or ring, having cogs on the
periphery, or face.
{Segment of a line}, the part of a line contained between two
points on it.
{Segment of a sphere}, the part of a sphere cut off by a
plane, or included between two parallel planes.
{Ventral segment}. (Acoustics) See {Loor}, n., 5.
\Seg"ment\, v. i. (Biol.) To divide or separate into parts in growth; to undergo segmentation, or cleavage, as in the segmentation of the ovum. |
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Marang ‐ tropical fruit from the Philippines having a mass of small seeds…
- Point in time ‐ a very short period of time; "at that point I had…
- Touchstone ‐ a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other…
- Systems program ‐ a program (as an operating system or compiler or utility program)…
- Purplish blue ‐ a shade of blue tinged…
- Up on(p) ‐ being up to particular standard or level especially in being…
- Flagitious ‐ shockingly brutal or cruel; "murder is an atrocious crime"; "a…
- Flesh ‐ alternative names for the body of a human being; "Leonardo studied…
- Bramley's seedling ‐ very large…
- Arraign ‐ accuse of a wrong or an inadequacy [v] call before a court to…