| Segment |
n. |
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. |
| Segment |
n. |
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. |
| Segment |
n. |
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. |
| Segment |
n. |
A segment gear. |
| Segment |
n. |
One of the cells or division formed by segmentation, as in egg cleavage or in fissiparous cell formation. |
| Segment |
n. |
One of the divisions, rings, or joints into which many animal bodies are divided; a somite; a metamere; a somatome. |
| Segment |
v. i. |
To divide or separate into parts in growth; to undergo segmentation, or cleavage, as in the segmentation of the ovum. |
| Segmental |
a. |
Relating to, or being, a segment. |
| Segmental |
a. |
Of or pertaining to the segments of animals; as, a segmental duct; segmental papillae. |
| Segmental |
a. |
Of or pertaining to the segmental organs. |
| Segmentation |
n. |
The act or process of dividing into segments; specifically (Biol.), a self-division into segments as a result of growth; cell cleavage; cell multiplication; endogenous cell formation. |
| Segmented |
a. |
Divided into segments or joints; articulated. |
