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`Definition of segment in English:
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`segment
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`NOUN
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`Pronunciation l'segmleint/
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`1 Each ofthe parts into which something is or
`may be divided.
`‘0 large segment of the local population’
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`‘orange segments’
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`‘the market for private cars can be broken
`down into several segments’
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`1.1: A portion of time allocated to a particular
`broadcast item on radio or television.
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`‘they probably want to tape you for the
`eleven o'clock segment’
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`‘Hammond and the others were filming a
`segment for his programme’
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`2 Geometry
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`A part of a figure cut off by a line or plane
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`intersecting it.
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`2.2 The part of a line included between two
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`points.
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`2.3 The part of a sphere cutoff by any plane
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`not passing through the centre.
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`Zoology
`Each ofthe series of similar anatomical units
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`of which the body and appendages of some
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`animals are composed, such as the visible
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`rings of an earthworm‘s body.
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`Phonetics
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`The smallest diStinct part of a spoken
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`utterance, especially with regard to vowel and
`consonant sounds rather than 'stress or
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`intonation.
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`VERB
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`Pronunciation [seg'msnt/
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`l'segm(e)nt/
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`1 Divide (something) into separate parts or
`sections.
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`‘the unemployed are segmented into two
`groups’
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`1.1
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`[no object} Divide into separate parts or
`sections.
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`‘the market is beginning to segment into a
`number ofwell'defined categories’
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`DiC'l’le3NARY
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`segment
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