segment
A length of some object.
Noun 4 meanings
A length of some object.
“a segment of rope”
One of the parts into which any body naturally separates or is divided; a part divided or cut off; a section; a portion.
“a segment of an orange; a segment of a compound or divided leaf”
A portion.
A part of a broadcast program, devoted to a topic.
“The news showed a segment on global warming.”
Verb 1 meaning
To divide into segments or sections.
“Segment the essay by topic.”
Etymology
From Latin segmentum (“a piece cut off, a strip, segment of the earth, a strip of tinsel”), from secāre (“to cut”).
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SEGMENT at a glance
SEGMENT has 7 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (S 1 + E 1 + G 2 + M 3 + E 1 + N 1 + T 1) and 13 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,547 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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