Definition of "segment" []

• Any of the parts into which something can be divided: segments of the community; a segment of a television program. (noun)
• Mathematics The portion of a line between any two points on the line. (noun)
• Mathematics The area bounded by a chord and the arc of a curve subtended by the chord. (noun)
• Mathematics The portion of a sphere cut off by two parallel planes. (noun)
• Biology A clearly differentiated subdivision of an organism or part, such as a metamere. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "LE segment Data System: CRM  ME segment* Missing Value Gap to be filled Missing Value Gap to be filled * Counts based on internal CRM segmentation"
• "Inside the sphere the chain segment is swollen like in a good solvent (v = 3/5)."
• "The title segment generated nearly $1.2 billion in total revenue for the third quarter, essentially flat with the second quarter this year and a 10% decline from the third quarter of 2010."