Segment vs. Fragment

Segmentnoun

A length of some object.

Segmentnoun

One of the parts into which any body naturally separates or is divided; a part divided or cut off; a section; a portion.

Segmentnoun

(mathematics) A portion.

Segmentnoun

A straight path between two points that is the shortest distance between them.

Segmentnoun

(geometry) The part of a circle between its circumference and a chord (usually other than the diameter).

Segmentnoun

(geometry) The part of a sphere cut off by a plane.

Segmentnoun

(topology) Any of the pieces that constitute an order tree.

Segmentnoun

(science) A portion.

Segmentnoun

(phonology) A discrete unit of speech: a consonant or a vowel.

Segmentnoun

(botany) A portion of an organ whose cells are derived from a single cell within the primordium from which the organ developed.

Segmentnoun

(zoology) One of several parts of an organism, with similar structure, arranged in a chain; such as a vertebra, or a third of an insect's thorax.

Segmentnoun

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

Segmentnoun

(computing) An Ethernet bus.

Segmentnoun

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

Segmentnoun

(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.

Segmentnoun

(heraldry) A bearing representing only one part of a rounded object.

Segmentverb

(ambitransitive) To divide into segments or sections.

Segmentnoun

One of the parts into which any body naturally separates or is divided; a part divided or cut off; a section; a portion; as, a segment of an orange; a segment of a compound or divided leaf.

Segmentnoun

A part cut off from a figure by a line or plane; especially, that part of a circle contained between a chord and an arc of that circle, or so much of the circle as is cut off by the chord; as, the segment acb in the Illustration.

Segmentnoun

A piece in the form of the sector of a circle, or part of a ring; as, the segment of a sectional fly wheel or flywheel rim.

Segmentnoun

One of the cells or division formed by segmentation, as in egg cleavage or in fissiparous cell formation.

Segmentverb

To divide or separate into parts in growth; to undergo segmentation, or cleavage, as in the segmentation of the ovum.

Segmentnoun

one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object;

Segmentnoun

one of the parts into which something naturally divides;

Segmentverb

divide into segments;

Segmentverb

divide or split up;

Segmentnoun

each of the parts into which something is or may be divided

Segmentnoun

a portion of time allocated to a particular broadcast item on radio or television

Segmentnoun

a part of a figure cut off by a line or plane intersecting it.

Segmentnoun

the part of a circle enclosed between an arc and a chord.

Segmentnoun

the part of a line included between two points.

Segmentnoun

the part of a sphere cut off by any plane not passing through the centre.

Segmentnoun

each of the series of similar anatomical units of which the body and appendages of some animals are composed, such as the visible rings of an earthworm's body.

Segmentnoun

the smallest distinct part of a spoken utterance, especially with regard to vowel and consonant sounds rather than stress or intonation.

Segmentverb

divide (something) into separate parts or sections

Segmentverb

divide into separate parts or sections

Segmentverb

(of a cell) undergo cleavage; divide into many cells.

Fragmentnoun

A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part, either physically or not

Fragmentnoun

(grammar) A sentence not containing a subject or a predicate.

Fragmentnoun

(computing) An incomplete portion of code.

Fragmentverb

(intransitive) To break apart.

Fragmentverb

(transitive) To cause to be broken into pieces.

Fragmentverb

To break up and disperse (a file) into non-contiguous areas of a disk.

Fragmentnoun

A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part; as, a fragment of an ancient writing.

Fragmentnoun

a piece broken off or cut off of something else;

Fragmentnoun

a broken piece of a brittle artifact

Fragmentnoun

an incomplete piece;

Fragmentverb

break or cause to break into pieces;

Fragmentnoun

a small part broken off or separated from something

Fragmentnoun

an isolated or incomplete part of something

Fragmentverb

break or cause to break into fragments