segmentallyadv.
/sɛɡˈmɛntl̩i/, /sɛɡˈmɛntəli/, U.S. /sɛɡˈmɛn(t)l̩i/ In a segmental manner.
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > [adverb] > segmentally
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > [adverb] > in or into segments
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the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > [adverb] > phoneme, allophone, etc. > segmental
segmentally1957
1888 T. H. Huxley & H. N. Martin Course Elem. Biol. iii. 244 These [excretory] organs, being thus segmentally arranged, are termed segmental organs or nephridia.
1900 L. C. Miall & A. R. Hammond Struct. & Life Hist. Harlequin Fly ii. 84 Tracheal gills..may be ventral,..caudal,..segmental (i.e. segmentally repeated).
1957 S. Potter Mod. Ling. v. 105 Sentences may be analyzed segmentally into phonological units called phonemes and syllables; into morphological units called morphemes and words; and into syntactic units called phrases and clauses.
1964 R. H. Robins Gen. Linguistics vi. 262 Stress and pitch are just as fit to serve as the markers or exponents of grammatical categories and of syntactic relations as are segmentally represented morphemes.
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