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ˈsɛgm(ə)nt/
n.
- each of the parts into which something is or may be divided.
- Geometry a part of a circle cut off by a chord, or a part of a sphere cut off by a plane not passing through the centre.
- Phonetics the smallest distinct part of a spoken utterance, especially with regard to vowel and consonant sounds.
- Zoology each of a series of similar anatomical units of which the body and appendages of some animals are composed.
v.
/usu.
sɛgˈmɛnt/
- divide into segments.
- Embryology (of a cell) undergo cleavage.
Derivative
- segmentary adj.
- segmentation n.
- segmented adj.
Etymology
C16: from L. segmentum, from secare ‘to cut’.