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
- Toque ‐ a small round woman's hat [n] a tall white hat with a pouched…
- Dinge ‐ make dingy [v] make a dent or impression in; "dinge a…
- Wind ‐ the act of winding or twisting; "he put the key in the old clock…
- Hogan ‐ a Navajo lodge covered with earth; traditionally built with the…
- Oleander fern ‐ tropical fern having leathery fronds resembling oleander; found…
- Roughshod ‐ unjustly domineering; "incensed at the government's heavy-handed…
- Fine-tooth comb ‐ a method of examining in minute detail; "he went over the contract…
- Noose ‐ a loop formed in a cord or rope by means of a slipknot; it binds…
- Writ of right ‐ a writ ordering that land be restored to its…
- Winged ‐ very fast; as if with wings; "on winged feet" [adj] having or…