5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Segment  \Seg"ment\,  n.  [L.  segmentum,  fr  secare  to  cut,  cut 
  off:  cf  F.  segment.  See  {Saw}  a  cutting  instrument.] 
  1.  One  of  the  parts  into  which  any  body  naturally  separates 
  or  is  divided;  a  part  divided  or  cut  off  a  section;  a 
  portion;  as  a  segment  of  an  orange;  a  segment  of  a 
  compound  or  divided  leaf. 
 
  2.  (Geom.)  A  part  cut  off  from  a  figure  by  a  line  or  plane; 
  especially,  that  part  of  a  circle  contained  between  a 
  chord  and  an  arc  of  that  circle,  or  so  much  of  the  circle 
  as  is  cut  off  by  the  chord;  as  the  segment  acb  in  the 
  Illustration. 
 
  3.  (Mach.) 
  a  A  piece  in  the  form  of  the  sector  of  a  circle,  or  part 
  of  a  ring;  as  the  segment  of  a  sectional  fly  wheel  or 
  flywheel  rim. 
  b  A  segment  gear. 
 
  4.  (Biol.) 
  a  One  of  the  cells  or  division  formed  by  segmentation, 
  as  in  egg  cleavage  or  in  fissiparous  cell  formation. 
  b  One  of  the  divisions,  rings,  or  joints  into  which  many 
  animal  bodies  are  divided;  a  somite;  a  metamere;  a 
  somatome. 
 
  {Segment  gear},  a  piece  for  receiving  or  communicating 
  reciprocating  motion  from  or  to  a  cogwheel,  consisting  of 
  a  sector  of  a  circular  gear,  or  ring,  having  cogs  on  the 
  periphery,  or  face. 
 
  {Segment  of  a  line},  the  part  of  a  line  contained  between  two 
  points  on  it 
 
  {Segment  of  a  sphere},  the  part  of  a  sphere  cut  off  by  a 
  plane,  or  included  between  two  parallel  planes. 
 
  {Ventral  segment}.  (Acoustics)  See  {Loor},  n.,  5. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Segment  \Seg"ment\,  v.  i.  (Biol.) 
  To  divide  or  separate  into  parts  in  growth;  to  undergo 
  segmentation,  or  cleavage,  as  in  the  segmentation  of  the 
  ovum. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  segment 
  n  1:  one  of  several  pieces  or  parts  that  fit  with  others  to 
  constitute  a  whole  object:  "a  section  of  a  fishing  rod"; 
  "metal  sections  were  used  below  ground";  "finished  the 
  final  segment  of  the  road"  [syn:  {section}] 
  2:  one  of  the  parts  into  which  something  naturally  divides:  "a 
  segment  of  an  orange" 
  v  :  divide  into  segments;  "segment  an  orange";  "segment  a 
  compound  word"  [syn:  {section}] 
 
  From  Jargon  File  (4.2.3,  23  NOV  2000)  [jargon]: 
 
  segment  /seg'ment/  vi  To  experience  a  {segmentation  fault}. 
  Confusingly,  this  is  often  pronounced  more  like  the  noun  `segment' 
  than  like  mainstream  v.  segment;  this  is  because  it  is  actually  a  noun 
  shorthand  that  has  been  verbed. 
 
 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  segment 
 
  /seg'ment/  1.    A  collection  of  {pages}  in  a 
  {memory  management}  system. 
 
  2.    A  separately  relocatable  section  of  an 
  executable  program.  {Unix}  executables  have  a  {text  segment} 
  (executable  machine  instructions),  a  {data  segment} 
  (initialised  data)  and  a  {bss  segment}  (uninitialised  data). 
 
  3.    {network  segment}. 
 
  4.  To  experience  a  {segmentation  fault}.  Confusingly,  the  stress 
  is  often  put  on  the  first  syllable,  like  the  noun  "segment", 
  rather  than  the  second  like  mainstream  verb  "segment".  This 
  is  because  it  is  actually  a  noun  shorthand  that  has  been 
  verbed. 
 
  [{Jargon  File}] 
 
  (1994-12-15) 
 
 

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