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segmentary Definition


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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.



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