different between segment vs detach

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

English

Etymology

From Old French destachier, from the same root as attach; compare French détacher and Portuguese and Spanish destacar.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA^(key): /d??tæt?/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /d??tæt?/
• Rhymes: -æt?

Verb

detach (third-person singular simple present detaches, present participle detaching, simple past and past participle detached)

1. (transitive) To take apart from; to take off.

2. (transitive, military) To separate for a special object or use.

3. (intransitive) To come off something.

Synonyms

• (take apart from): disengage, unfasten; see also Thesaurus:disconnect or Thesaurus:deadhere
• (separate for a special object or use): allocate, earmark; see also Thesaurus:set apart
• (come off something): fall off

Antonyms

• attach

Derived terms

• detachable
• detachment

Translations

Anagrams

• Cath ed, cathed, chated, hectad