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English to English noun
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one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object |  | Example: a section of a fishing rod
metal sections were used below ground
finished the final segment of the road
source: wordnet30
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one of the parts into which something naturally divides | | Example: a segment of an orange
source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: webster1913
verb
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divide into segments | | Example: segment an orange
segment a compound word
source: wordnet30
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divide or split up | | Example: The cells segmented
source: wordnet30
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To divide or separate into parts in growth; to undergo segmentation, or cleavage, as in the segmentation of the ovum. | | source: webster1913
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