Segment - Definition

n 1: one of several parts or pieces 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, segment]
2: one of the parts into which something naturally divides; "a
segment of an orange"
v 1: divide into segments; "segment an orange"; "segment a
compound word" [syn: segment, section]
2: divide or split up; "The cells segmented"