segment

Noun
  1. One of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object (synset 104172050)
    "a section of a fishing rod"; "metal sections were used below ground"; "finished the final segment of the road"
    is a type of: part, portion - something less than the whole of a human artifact
    subtypes:
    • bend, curve - curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.)
    • dado - the section of a pedestal between the base and the surbase
    • leaf - hinged or detachable flat section (as of a table or door)
    • length - a section of something that is long and narrow
    • straight, straightaway - a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse
    • subdivision, subsection - a section of a section; a part of a part; i.e., a part of something already divided
    is a part of: unit, whole - an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity
    same as: section
  2. One of the parts into which something naturally divides (synset 109452291)
    "a segment of an orange"
    is a type of: part, piece - a portion of a natural object
    subtypes:
    • metamere, somite - one of a series of similar body segments into which some animals are divided longitudinally
    • sarcomere - one of the segments into which a myofibril is divided
    • section - a segment of a citrus fruit
    • internode - a segment of a stem between two nodes
Verb
  1. Divide into segments (synset 201565786)
    "segment an orange"; "segment a compound word"
    is a type of: divide, part, separate - come apart
    subtypes:
    same as: section
    verb group: segment - divide or split up
  2. Divide or split up (synset 201561222)
    "The cells segmented"
    is a type of: divide, part, separate - come apart
    verb group: section, segment - divide into segments

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