noun One of the parts into which any body naturally separates or is divided; a part divided or cut off; a section; a portion.
a segment of an orange; a segment of a compound or divided leaf
noun A portion. A straight path between two points that is the shortest distance between them; a line segment. The part of a circle between its circumference and a chord (usually other than the diameter). The part of a sphere cut off by a plane. Any of the pieces that constitute an order tree.
noun A straight path between two points that is the shortest distance between them; a line segment.
noun The part of a circle between its circumference and a chord (usually other than the diameter).
noun The part of a sphere cut off by a plane.
noun Any of the pieces that constitute an order tree.
noun A portion. A discrete unit of speech: a consonant or a vowel. A portion of an organ whose cells are derived from a single cell within the primordium from which the organ developed. 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.