Segment



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 部分
• ［英］ n. 部分 ( bit, fragment)
• ［类］ 反义词: make whole ( 使完整)
• ［记］ seg ( =sect 部分) +ment -> 部分
• ［同］ 参考: segmentable ( 可分割的) ;segmental ( 部分的, 片断的)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Latin segmentum, from secare to cut — more at saw
• Date: 1570
• 1. a portion cut off from a geometric figure by one or more points, lines, or planes: as
  • a. the area of a circle bounded by a chord and an arc of that circle
  • b. the part of a sphere cut off by a plane or included between two parallel planes
  • c. the finite part of a line between two points in the line
• 2.
  • a. a separate piece of something ; bit, fragment <chop the stalks into short segments>
  • b. one of the constituent parts into which a body, entity, or quantity is divided or marked off by or as if by natural boundaries <all segments of the population agree>
• Synonyms: see part
• ? segmentary adjective

II. transitive verb

• Date: 1859
• to separate into segments ; give off as segments

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