different between chunk vs segment

English

Etymology

Variant of chuck; or alternatively a diminutive of chump (“chunk; block”) +? *-k (diminutive suffix) (compare hunk from hump, etc.).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t????k/
• Rhymes: -??k

Noun

chunk (plural chunks)

1. A part of something that has been separated.

   The statue broke into chunks.
2. A representative portion of a substance, often large and irregular.

   a chunk of granite

3. (linguistics, education) A sequence of two or more words that occur in language with high frequency but are not idiomatic; a bundle or cluster.

   examples of chunks would include "in accordance with", "the results of", and "so far"

4. (computing) A discrete segment of a file, stream, etc. (especially one that represents audiovisual media); a block.
   • 1994, Paul J Perry, Multimedia developer's guide

     The first DWORD of a chunk data in the RIFF chunk is a four character code value identifying the form type of the file.

5. (comedy) A segment of a comedian's performance.

Translations

See also

• piece
• bit
• lump
• chuck
• hunk

Further reading

• chunk in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• chunk in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Verb

chunk (third-person singular simple present chunks, present participle chunking, simple past and past participle chunked)

1. (transitive) To break into large pieces or chunks.
2. (transitive) To break down (language, etc.) into conceptual pieces of manageable size.
3. (transitive, slang, chiefly Southern US) To throw.

Derived terms

• dechunk
• microchunk
• rechunk

English

Etymology

From Latin segmentum (“a piece cut off, a strip, segment of the earth, a strip of tinsel”), from secare (“to cut”).

Pronunciation

noun

• (UK, US) enPR: s?g?m?nt, IPA^(key): /?s??.m?nt/

verb

• (UK) IPA^(key): /s???m?nt/
• (US) enPR: s?g?m?nt, s?g-m?nt?, IPA^(key): /?s??m?nt/, /s???m?nt/

Noun

segment (plural segments)

1. A length of some object.

2. One of the parts into which any body naturally separates or is divided; a part divided or cut off; a section; a portion.
3. (mathematics) A portion.
   1. A straight path between two points that is the shortest distance between them.
   2. (geometry) The part of a circle between its circumference and a chord (usually other than the diameter).
   3. (geometry) The part of a sphere cut off by a plane.
   4. (topology) Any of the pieces that constitute an order tree.
4. (sciences) A portion.
   1. (phonology) A discrete unit of speech: a consonant or a vowel.
   2. (botany) A portion of an organ whose cells are derived from a single cell within the primordium from which the organ developed.
   3. (zoology) One of several parts of an organism, with similar structure, arranged in a chain; such as a vertebra, or a third of an insect's thorax.
5. (broadcasting) A part of a broadcast program, devoted to a topic.
6. (computing) An Ethernet bus.
7. (computing) A region of memory or a fragment of an executable file designated to contain a particular part of a program.
8. (travel) A portion of an itinerary: it may be a flight or train between two cities, or a car or hotel booked in a particular city.
9. (heraldry) A bearing representing only one part of a rounded object.

Synonyms

• (part or section of a whole): lith
• (straight path): line segment
• (area of a circle): circular segment

Hyponyms

Derived terms

• seven-segment

Related terms

• seven-segment display

Related terms

Translations

Verb

segment (third-person singular simple present segments, present participle segmenting, simple past and past participle segmented)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To divide into segments or sections.

   Segment the essay by topic.

Hyponyms

• supreme

Translations

Further reading

• segment in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• segment in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin segmentum.

Noun

segment m (plural segments)

1. segment

Derived terms

• segmentar

Further reading

• “segment” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “segment” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “segment” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “segment” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Latin segmentum (“cutting”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”)

Noun

segment

1. segment

Declension

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajins?ko-kryms?kotatars?kyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]?^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, ?ISBN

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French segment, from Latin segmentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?x?m?nt/
• Hyphenation: seg?ment
• Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

segment n (plural segmenten, diminutive segmentje n)

1. A segment.

Derived terms

• bolsegment
• cirkelsegment
• lijnsegment
• segmentaal
• segmentboog
• segmentrand

Related terms

• sectie
• segmentatie
• segmenteren

Descendants

• Afrikaans: segment
• ? West Frisian: segmint

French

Etymology

From Latin segmentum.

Pronunciation

Noun

segment m (plural segments)

1. segment (all senses)

Further reading

• “segment” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin segmentum

Noun

segment n (definite singular segmentet, indefinite plural segment or segmenter, definite plural segmenta or segmentene)

1. a segment

References

• “segment” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “segment” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin segmentum

Noun

segment n (definite singular segmentet, indefinite plural segment, definite plural segmenta)

1. a segment

References

• “segment” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

From French segment, from Latin segmentum.

Noun

segment n (plural segmente)

1. segment

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??ment/
• Hyphenation: seg?ment

Noun

sègment m (Cyrillic spelling ???????)

1. segment

Declension

Slovak

Etymology

From Latin segmentum (“cutting”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?se?ment/
• Hyphenation: seg?ment

Noun

segment m (genitive singular segmentu, nominative plural segmenty, genitive plural segmentov, declension pattern of dub)

1. segment

Declension

Further reading

• segment in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk