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segment
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)
- A length of some object.
- One of the parts into which any body naturally separates or is divided; a part divided or cut off; a section; a portion.
- (mathematics) A portion.
- A straight path between two points that is the shortest distance between them.
- (geometry) The part of a circle between its circumference and a chord (usually other than the diameter).
- (geometry) The part of a sphere cut off by a plane.
- (topology) Any of the pieces that constitute an order tree.
- (sciences) A portion.
- (phonology) A discrete unit of speech: a consonant or a vowel.
- (botany) A portion of an organ whose cells are derived from a single cell within the primordium from which the organ developed.
- (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.
- (broadcasting) A part of a broadcast program, devoted to a topic.
- (computing) An Ethernet bus.
- (computing) A region of memory or a fragment of an executable file designated to contain a particular part of a program.
- (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.
- (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)
- (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)
- 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
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- a segment
References
- “segment” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian
Etymology
From French segment, from Latin segmentum.
Noun
segment n (plural segmente)
- segment
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s??ment/
- Hyphenation: seg?ment
Noun
sègment m (Cyrillic spelling ???????)
- 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)
- segment
Declension
Further reading
- segment in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk
segment From the web:
- what segments determine the incenter of a triangle
- what segment is the projection of qt on rt
- what segment is the projection of st on qt
- what segment is parallel to ef
- what segments intersect to form the circumcenter
- what segment is congruent to ac
- what segments intersect to form the incenter
- what segment is the projection of q on rt
fraction
English
Etymology
From Middle English fraccioun (“a breaking”), from Anglo-Norman, Old French fraction, from Medieval Latin fractio (“a fragment, portion”), from earlier Latin fractio (“a breaking, a breaking into pieces”), from fractus (English fracture), past participle of frangere (“to break”) (whence English frangible), from Proto-Indo-European *b?reg- (English break).
Pronunciation
- enPR: fr?k?sh?n, IPA(key): /?f?æk.??n/
- Rhymes: -æk??n
Noun
fraction (plural fractions)
- A part of a whole, especially a comparatively small part.
- (arithmetic) A ratio of two numbers, the numerator and the denominator, usually written one above the other and separated by a horizontal bar.
- (chemistry) A component of a mixture, separated by fractionation.
- In a eucharistic service, the breaking of the host.
- A small amount.
- The act of breaking, or state of being broken, especially by violence.
- 1563, John Foxe, Actes and Monuments
- Neither can the natural body of Christ be subject to any fraction or breaking.
- 1563, John Foxe, Actes and Monuments
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:fraction.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Verb
fraction (third-person singular simple present fractions, present participle fractioning, simple past and past participle fractioned)
- To divide or break into fractions.
Translations
References
- “fraction” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- “fraction”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, ?ISBN
- "fraction" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.
Anagrams
- Croftian, factor in, infocrat
French
Etymology
From Old French fraction, borrowed from Latin fractio, fractionem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f?ak.sj??/
Noun
fraction f (plural fractions)
- fraction (small amount)
- (mathematics) fraction
- fraction, breakup
Derived terms
- barre de fraction
- fractionnaire
- fractionner
Related terms
- fracture
Further reading
- “fraction” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- fronçait
fraction From the web:
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- what fraction is equivalent to 1/2
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- what fraction is equivalent to 1/4
- what fraction is equivalent to 2/5
- what fraction is equivalent to 4/6
- what fraction is equivalent to 2/6
- what fraction is equivalent to 6/8
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