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1. One of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object
   "finished the final segment of the road";
   - section
    
2. One of the parts into which something naturally divides
   "a segment of an orange"
    
3. (phonetics) a single speech sound; a consonant or a vowel

1. Divide into segments
   "segment a compound word";
   - section
    
2. Divide or split up
   "The cells segmented"

Derived forms: segmented, segmenting, segments

Type of: divide, part, piece, portion, separate

Part of: unit, whole

Encyclopedia: Segment