Definition of "segment" in English

noun

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. (mathematics) A portion.

4. (sciences) A portion.

5. (broadcasting) A part of a broadcast program, devoted to a topic.

   • The news showed a segment on global warming.

6. (computing) An Ethernet bus.

7. (computing) A region of memory or a fragment of an executable file designated to contain a particular part of a program.

8. (travel) A portion of an itinerary: it may be a flight or train between two cities, or a car or hotel booked in a particular city.

verb

1. (ambitransitive) To divide into segments or sections.

   • Segment the essay by topic.