segment

中文： 片断、段

1. A length of some object. · a segment of rope
2. One of the parts into which any body naturally separates or is divided; a part divided or cut off; a section; a portion. · a segment of an orange; a segment of a compound or divided leaf
3. A straight path between two points that is the shortest distance between them; a line segment.
4. The part of a circle between its circumference and a chord (usually other than the diameter).
5. The part of a sphere cut off by a plane.
6. Any of the pieces that constitute an order tree.
7. A discrete unit of speech: a consonant or a vowel.
8. A portion of an organ whose cells are derived from a single cell within the primordium from which the organ developed.

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