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Noun: segment  segmunt
  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"
Verb: segment  seg'ment
  1. Divide into segments
    "segment an orange"; "segment a compound word"
    - section
     
  2. Divide or split up
    "The cells segmented"

Derived forms: segmenting, segments, segmented

See also: segmentation

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

Part of: unit, whole

Encyclopedia: Segment