segment

Definition

  • noun: one of the parts into which something can be divided
  • noun: a portion cut off from a geometric figure by one or more points, lines, or planes
  • verb: to divide (something) into parts
  • often + 'of'
  • synonyms: section, portion, somite

Examples

  • a worm that has a 'segmented' body = a 'segmented' worm [=a worm whose body is made of different segments or sections]

  • Market researchers have 'segmented' the population into different age groups.

  • The 'segment of' the population over 70 years of age is growing larger.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Offer a weapon... question mark. Are you offering us something? Technology, apparatus, method. Yeah, see, this is a different word. This... this segment, it's a lot busier. Give... technology... now. What's he doing? T minus minutes remaining. (..)
    2016 Arrival