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segment

noun · verb · 18 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK, US: sĕgʹmənt
  • UK, US: /ˈsɛɡ.mənt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • UK: /sɛɡˈmɛnt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: sĕgʹmĕnt
  • US: sĕg-mĕntʹ
  • US: /ˈsɛɡmɛnt/
  • US: /sɛɡˈmɛnt/
  • rhymes with -ɛnt
  • CMU ARPABET: S EH1 G M AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: S EH2 G M EH1 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A length of some object.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • a segment of rope

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

One of the parts into which any body naturally separates or is divided; a part divided or cut off; a section; a portion.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • a segment of an orange; a segment of a compound or divided leaf

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cleft, clove

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A portion.

A straight path between two points that is the shortest distance between them; a line segment.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: mathematics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A portion.

The part of a circle between its circumference and a chord (usually other than the diameter).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A portion.

The part of a sphere cut off by a plane.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A portion.

Any of the pieces that constitute an order tree.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: mathematics, sciences, topology

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

A portion.

A discrete unit of speech: a consonant or a vowel.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

A portion.

A portion of an organ whose cells are derived from a single cell within the primordium from which the organ developed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

A portion.

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, natural-sciences, sciences, zoology

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

A part of a broadcast program, devoted to a topic.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: broadcasting, media

Examples

  • The news showed a segment on global warming.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

An Ethernet bus.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

noun

Meaning 12

A region of memory or a fragment of an executable file designated to contain a particular part of a program.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

noun

Meaning 13

A portion of an itinerary: it may be a flight or train between two cities, or a car or hotel booked in a particular city.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: lifestyle, tourism, transport, travel

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

verb

Meaning 14

To divide into segments or sections.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: ambitransitive

Examples

  • Segment the essay by topic.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

15

noun

Meaning 15

one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a section of a fishing rod
  • metal sections were used below ground
  • finished the final segment of the road

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: section

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: part, portion

Narrower terms: bend, curve, dado, leaf, length, straightaway, straight, subsection, subdivision

16

noun

Meaning 16

one of the parts into which something naturally divides

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a segment of an orange

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: part, piece

Narrower terms: metamere, somite, sarcomere, section, internode

17

verb

Meaning 17

divide or split up

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The cells segmented

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: separate, divide, part

18

verb

Meaning 18

divide into segments

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • segment an orange
  • segment a compound word

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: section

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: separate, divide, part

Narrower terms: syllabify, syllabicate, syllabize, syllabise, quarter

History

Etymology

From Latin segmentum (“a piece cut off, a strip, segment of the earth, a strip of tinsel”), from secāre (“to cut”).

Across languages

Translations

89 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: отрязък (otrjazǎk) — length of some object
  • Chinese Mandarin: 片斷 /片断 (piànduàn) — length of some object
  • Chinese Mandarin: 段 (duàn) — length of some object
  • Dutch: segment — length of some object
  • Esperanto: segmento — length of some object
  • Finnish: pätkä — length of some object
  • French: segment — length of some object
  • German: Segment — length of some object
  • Greek: τμήμα (tmíma) — length of some object
  • Hungarian: szakasz — length of some object
  • Hungarian: szegmens — length of some object
  • Hungarian: szegmentum — length of some object
  • Hungarian: szelet — length of some object
  • Hungarian: metszet — length of some object
  • Hungarian: részlet — length of some object
  • Hungarian: rész — length of some object
  • Irish: deighleog — length of some object
  • Italian: segmento — length of some object
  • Japanese: 切片 (seppen) — length of some object
  • Kyrgyz: кесинди (kesindi) — length of some object
  • Latin: segmentum — length of some object
  • Portuguese: segmento — length of some object
  • Romanian: segment — length of some object
  • Russian: отре́зок (otrézok) — length of some object
  • Russian: сегме́нт (segmént) — length of some object
  • Spanish: segmento — length of some object
  • Tagalog: putol — length of some object
  • Ukrainian: відрі́зок (vidrízok) — length of some object
  • Ukrainian: сегме́нт (sehmént) — length of some object
  • Bulgarian: дял (djal) — one of the parts into which any body naturally separates or is divided; a part divided or cut off
  • Finnish: lohko — one of the parts into which any body naturally separates or is divided; a part divided or cut off
  • Finnish: lehdykkä — one of the parts into which any body naturally separates or is divided; a part divided or cut off
  • Finnish: jaoke (e.g. milliped) — one of the parts into which any body naturally separates or is divided; a part divided or cut off
  • Finnish: segmentti — one of the parts into which any body naturally separates or is divided; a part divided or cut off
  • Hungarian: szelvény — one of the parts into which any body naturally separates or is divided; a part divided or cut off
  • Hungarian: cikk — one of the parts into which any body naturally separates or is divided; a part divided or cut off
  • Hungarian: gerezd — one of the parts into which any body naturally separates or is divided; a part divided or cut off
  • Malay: ulas (of citruses etc) — one of the parts into which any body naturally separates or is divided; a part divided or cut off
  • Bulgarian: сегмент (segment) — math: portion
  • Esperanto: segmento — math: portion
  • Finnish: osa — math: portion
  • Finnish: lohko — math: portion
  • Finnish: pätkä — math: portion
  • Finnish: segmentti — math: portion
  • French: quartier — math: portion
  • Greek: τμήμα (tmíma) — math: portion
  • Greek: τεμάχιο (temáchio) — math: portion
  • Ancient Greek: ἔκτμημα (éktmēma) — math: portion
  • Latin: segmentum — math: portion
  • Norwegian Bokmål: segment — math: portion
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: segment — math: portion
  • Polish: człon — math: portion
  • Polish: segment — math: portion
  • Portuguese: secção — math: portion
  • Tagalog: hiwa — math: portion
  • Bulgarian: сегмент (segment) — geometry: part of a sphere cut off by a plane
  • Finnish: pallosegmentti — geometry: part of a sphere cut off by a plane
  • Finnish: segmentti — topology: piece of an order tree
  • Finnish: äänne — phonology: consonant or a vowel
  • Hungarian: beszédhang — phonology: consonant or a vowel
  • Hungarian: szegmentum — phonology: consonant or a vowel
  • Hungarian: hangtag — phonology: consonant or a vowel
  • Finnish: jaoke — botany: portion of an organ derived from a single cell within the primordium
  • Finnish: jaoke — zoology: one of several parts of an organism, with similar structure, arranged in a chain
  • Finnish: osio — broadcasting: part of a program devoted to a topic
  • Finnish: osuus — broadcasting: part of a program devoted to a topic
  • Finnish: ethernet-väylä — computing: Ethernet bus
  • Finnish: segmentti — computing: region of memory or a fragment of an executable file designated to contain a particular part of a program
  • Finnish: osuus — travel: portion of an itinerary
  • Bulgarian: сегментирам (segmentiram) — to divide into segments or sections
  • Finnish: jakaa osiin — to divide into segments or sections
  • Finnish: jaotella — to divide into segments or sections
  • Finnish: segmentoida — to divide into segments or sections
  • Finnish: jakaa segmentteihin — to divide into segments or sections
  • French: segmenter — to divide into segments or sections
  • German: segmentieren — to divide into segments or sections
  • Greek: διατέμνω (diatémno) — to divide into segments or sections
  • Greek: κατατέμνω (katatémno) — to divide into segments or sections
  • Hungarian: feloszt — to divide into segments or sections
  • Hungarian: felbont — to divide into segments or sections
  • Hungarian: szegmentál — to divide into segments or sections
  • Hungarian: részekre oszt/bont/tagol — to divide into segments or sections
  • Portuguese: segmentar — to divide into segments or sections
  • Romanian: segmenta — to divide into segments or sections
  • Russian: разделя́ть (razdeljátʹ) — to divide into segments or sections
  • Russian: дели́ть (delítʹ) — to divide into segments or sections
  • Russian: сегменти́ровать (segmentírovatʹ) — to divide into segments or sections
  • Spanish: segmentar — to divide into segments or sections
  • Swedish: segmentera — to divide into segments or sections
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