segmental Definition

segment
noun

1. A part, section or portion.

Thesaurus: section, fragment, part, component, fraction, portion, slice; Antonym: whole.
2. geom.
In a circle or ellipse: the region enclosed by an arc and its chord.
3. zool.
In certain animals, eg some worms: each of a number of repeating units of which the body is composed.
4. phonetics.
The smallest sound unit of speech.

verb

segmented, segmenting
1. To divide into segments.

Derivative: segmental
adj

Derivative: segmentary
adj

Etymology: 16c: from Latin segmentum, from secare to cut.