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segment

('s/E/gm/@/nt )

one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object(noun.artifact)

Example:
Finished the final segment of the road.

Synonym:
section

source: wordnet30
one of the parts into which something naturally divides(noun.object)

Example:
A segment of an orange.

source: wordnet30
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.(noun)

source: webster1913

divide into segments(verb.contact)

Example:
Segment an orange.
Segment a compound word.

source: wordnet30
divide or split up(verb.contact)

Example:
The cells segmented.

source: wordnet30
To divide or separate into parts in growth; to undergo segmentation, or cleavage, as in the segmentation of the ovum.(verb)

source: webster1913

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