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SEGMENT

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

One of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object

Example:

finished the final segment of the road

Synonyms:

section; segment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("segment" is a kind of...):

part; portion (something less than the whole of a human artifact)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "segment"):

bend; curve (curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.))

dado (the section of a pedestal between the base and the surbase)

leaf (hinged or detachable flat section (as of a table or door))

length (a section of something that is long and narrow)

straight; straightaway (a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse)

subdivision; subsection (a section of a section; a part of a part; i.e., a part of something already divided)

Holonyms ("segment" is a part of...):

unit; whole (an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity)

Derivation:

segment (divide into segments)

Sense 2

Meaning:

One of the parts into which something naturally divides

Example:

a segment of an orange

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("segment" is a kind of...):

part; piece (a portion of a natural object)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "segment"):

metamere; somite (one of a series of similar body segments into which some animals are divided longitudinally)

sarcomere (one of the segments into which a myofibril is divided)

section (a segment of a citrus fruit)

internode (a segment of a stem between two nodes)

Derivation:

segment (divide or split up)

segment (divide into segments)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Divide or split up

Example:

The cells segmented

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "segment" is one way to...):

divide; part; separate (come apart)

Verb group:

section; segment (divide into segments)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

segment (one of the parts into which something naturally divides)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Divide into segments

Example:

segment a compound word

Synonyms:

section; segment

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "segment" is one way to...):

divide; part; separate (come apart)

Verb group:

segment (divide or split up)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "segment"):

syllabicate; syllabify; syllabise; syllabize (divide into syllables)

quarter (divide into quarters)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

segment (one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object)

segment (one of the parts into which something naturally divides)

segmentation (the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart)

Credits

 Context examples: 

The genome is composed of three linear, segmented single-strands of negative sense RNA.

(Orthobunyavirus, NCI Thesaurus)

Encoded by human SLC22A1L Gene (Polyspecific Transporter/Multidrug Resistance Family), 424-amino acid Organic Cation Transporter-Like 2 Protein has ten transmembrane segments.

(Organic Cation Transporter-Like 2 Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

An electrocardiographic finding of the minimum depression of the ST segment, obtained from a set of measurements of the depression of the ST segment.

(Minimum ST Segment Depression by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus)

Congenital narrowing of a segment of the aorta.

(Aortic Coarctation, NCI Thesaurus)

The minimum deviation (distance from baseline, positive or negative, usually measured in mm) of the ST segment, obtained from a set of measurements of the deviation of the ST segment.

(Minimum ST Deviation, NCI Thesaurus)

A family of single-stranded, non-segmented, positive-sense RNA viruses with a hexagonal/spherical capsid and no envelope.

(Calicivirus, NCI Thesaurus)

Surgical removal of the lower part of the stomach with end-to-end anastomosis of the remaining segment of the stomach with the jejunum; in this procedure the duodenum is closed off.

(Billroth II Procedure, NCI Thesaurus)

Polymorphic ventricular tachycardia in the absence of structural heart disease, associated with a baseline ECG pattern during sinus rhythm showing right bundle branch block with ST segment elevation in leads V1 through V3.

(Brugada Syndrome Ventricular Arrhythmia by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Segments DNA copy number data using circular binary segmentation to detect regions with abnormal copy number.

(caDNAcopy Analytic Service, NCI Thesaurus)

Surgical removal of the lower part of the stomach with end-to-end anastomosis of the remaining segment of the stomach with the duodenum.

(Billroth I Procedure, NCI Thesaurus)