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Synonyms for segment

Grammar : Noun
Spell : noun seg-muh nt; verb seg-ment, seg-ment
Phonetic Transcription : noun ˈsɛg mənt; verb ˈsɛg mɛnt, sɛgˈmɛnt

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Définition of segment

Origin :
  • 1560s, from Latin segmentum "a strip or piece cut off, a cutting, strips of colored cloth," from secare "to cut" (see section (n.)), with euphonious alteration of -c- to -g- before -m-. Latin segmentum was used in Medieval Latin as a geometry term, translating Greek tmema, and the word was first picked up in English in this sense. Meaning "segmental portion of anything circular" is from 1640s; general sense of "a division, section" is from 1762.
  • noun part of something
Example sentences :
  • But this romanticism is, as it were, a segment of the larger circle of idealism.
  • Extract from : « The American Mind » by Bliss Perry
  • Small as the segment of humanity is, it is a type of the great world to which it belongs.
  • Extract from : « Tales Of The Trains » by Charles James Lever
  • Maxillary segment: the sixth segment of the head, bearing the maxillae.
  • Extract from : « Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology » by John. B. Smith
  • Excavate: with a depression that is not the segment of a circle.
  • Extract from : « Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology » by John. B. Smith
  • Joint: a segment or part between two incisures: an articulation.
  • Extract from : « Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology » by John. B. Smith
  • Then the line became the segment of a circle bending in shore.
  • Extract from : « The Beach of Dreams » by H. De Vere Stacpoole
  • Let me add a segment of the circle to round your knowledge out.
  • Extract from : « Wild Animals at Home » by Ernest Thompson Seton
  • The segment of a circle or any curved line, by which all angles are measured.
  • Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth
  • Therefore the other segment or portion of the said ei, is 5.
  • Extract from : « The Way To Geometry » by Peter Ramus
  • The segment of the transome, to wit, from the Index unto the opticke line be 18.
  • Extract from : « The Way To Geometry » by Peter Ramus

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