segment
pronunciation
How to pronounce segment in British English:
UK [ˈseɡmənt , seɡˈment]
How to pronounce segment in American English:
US [ˈseɡmənt , seɡˈment]
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- Noun:
- one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object
- one of the parts into which something naturally divides
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- Verb:
- divide into segments
- divide or split up
Word Origin
- segment
- segment: see section
- segment (n.)
- 1560s, from Latin segmentum "a strip or piece cut off, a cutting, strips of colored cloth," from secare "to cut" (see section (n.)), with euphonious alteration of -c- to -g- before -m-. Latin segmentum was used in Medieval Latin as a geometry term, translating Greek tmema, and the word was first picked up in English in this sense. Meaning "segmental portion of anything circular" is from 1640s; general sense of "a division, section" is from 1762.
- segment (v.)
- 1859, intransitive, in reference to cell division, from segment (n.). Transitive sense, "divide (something) into segments" is from 1872. Related: Segmented; segmenting.
Example
- 1. Not every segment of the manhattan market is sagging .
- 2. He later retaped the segment after announcing the losses .
- 3. The business segment has stayed stable , he said .
- 4. The company hopes to see intel chips being built into virtually every segment of computing .
- 5. Some shops like to segment their markets to maximise margins where they face less competition .