Definition of "segmental" []

• Of or relating to segments. (adjective)
• Divided or organized into segments. (adjective)
• Architecture Of or being an arch whose profile constitutes a segment of a circle with its center below the springing line. (adjective)

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.

• "When the arch is formed of a curve that is less than a semicircle (a segment of a circle), with its centre below the diameter, it is called a segmental arch."
• "We are now in a position to notice, without any danger of misconception, what is called the segmental theory of the skull."
• "CNVs in humans and chimpanzees often occur in equivalent genomic locations: most lie in regions of the genomes, called segmental duplications, that are particularly 'fragile'."