[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

segment \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.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

segment \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.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

   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.
          1913 webster

   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.
          1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster
see also:
saw segment gear segment of a line segment of a sphere ventral segment loor 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

segment
     n 1: 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" syn: section
     2: one of the parts into which something naturally divides; "a
        segment of an orange"
     v 1: divide into segments; "segment an orange"; "segment a
          compound word" syn: section
     2: divide or split up; "the cells segmented"
see also:
section 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

148 moby thesaurus words for "segment":
   adjunct, affiliation, air line, allotment, allowance, analyze,
   anatomize, apportion, assay, axis, beeline, big end, bigger half,
   bit, bite, body, branch, break down, break up, budget, categorize,
   chord, chunk, church, cleave, commission, communion, community,
   component, contingent, cross section, cut, cut up, deal,
   denomination, destiny, detachment, detail, diagonal, diameter,
   direct line, directrix, dissect, district, divide, divide up,
   dividend, division, divvy, divvy up, dole, edge, element, end,
   equal share, faction, fate, fellowship, fraction, fragment,
   great-circle course, group, half, halver, helping, installment,
   interest, isolate, item, joint, length, lot, measure, meed, member,
   mess, modicum, moiety, normal, offshoot, order, organization,
   parcel, parcel out, part, particular, partition, party, percentage,
   perpendicular, persuasion, piece, portion, proportion, quadrant,
   quantum, quarter, quota, radius, radius vector, rake-off,
   random sample, ration, reduce, reduce to elements, religious order,
   remainder, resolve, right line, sample, sampling, schism, school,
   secant, seclude, sect, sectarism, section, sector, separate,
   set off, share, shortcut, side, slice, small share, society, split,
   split up, stake, stock, straight, straight course, straight line,
   straight stretch, straightaway, streamline, subdivide, subdivision,
   subgroup, subspecies, tangent, transversal, variety, vector,
   version, wedge, zone

[5] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

segment /seg'ment/ vi. to experience a segmentation fault.
   confusingly, this is often pronounced more like the noun `segment' than
   like mainstream v. segment; this is because it is actually a noun
   shorthand that has been verbed.


see also:
segmentation fault 

[6] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

segment
     
        /seg'ment/ 1.  a collection of pages in a
        memory management system.
     
        2.  a separately relocatable section of an
        executable program.  unix executables have a text segment
        executable machine instructions, a data segment
        initialised data and a bss segment uninitialised data.
     
        3.  network segment.
     
        4. to experience a segmentation fault.  confusingly, the stress
        is often put on the first syllable, like the noun "segment",
        rather than the second like mainstream verb "segment".  this
        is because it is actually a noun shorthand that has been
        verbed.
     
        jargon file
     
        1994-12-15
     
     
see also:
pages memory management unix text segment data segment bss segment 
network segment segmentation fault jargon file 

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