| 释义 |
segment /segˈmənt/ noun- A part cut off
- A portion
- Part of a circle, ellipse, etc, cut off by a straight line, or of a sphere, ellipsoid, etc, by a plane
- A section
- One of a linear series of similar portions, eg of a vibrating string between nodes, a somite or metamere of a jointed animal, or a joint of an appendage
- A lobe of a leaf-blade not separate enough to be a leaflet
- The smallest sound unit of speech (phonetics)
transitive verb and intransitive verb (also /-mentˈ/) To divide or cut into segments ORIGIN: L segmentum, from secāre to cut segmental /-mentˈl/ adjective - Of a segment
- By segments
- Forming or formed of a segment, segments, arc, or arcs
segmenˈtally adverb segˈmentary or segˈmentate adjective segmentāˈtion noun - The act or process of dividing into segments
- An instance of this
- The process of repeated cell division in a fertilized ovum, initially forming a solid mass of cells, followed by the diversification of cells into specific tissue types (embryology)
segmentˈed (or /segˈ/) adjective segmental arch noun An arch forming an arc of a circle whose centre is below the springing segmentation cavity noun A blastocele |