Segment, segmentation, segmented, or segmental may refer to:
Biology
- Segmentation (biology), the division of body plans into a series of repetitive segments
- Internodal segment, the portion of a nerve fiber between two Nodes of Ranvier
- Segment, in fruit anatomy, a section of a citrus fruit
- Parts of a genome, especially in virology
Computing and communications
- Memory segmentation, the division of computer memory into segments
- Image segmentation, the process of partitioning a digital image into multiple segments
- Time-series segmentation, the process of partitioning a time-series into a sequence of discrete segments in order to reveal the underlying properties of its source
- Network segmentation, splitting a computer network into subnetworks
- Packet segmentation, the process of dividing a data packet into smaller units
- TCP segmentation, the process of dividing a data stream into segments for transmission
- Segment architecture, a detailed, formal description of areas within an enterprise
Geometry
- Line segment, part of a line bounded by two end points
- Circular segment, the region of a circle cut off from the rest by a secant or chord
- Spherical segment, the solid defined by cutting a sphere with a pair of parallel planes
- Arc (geometry), a closed segment of a differentiable curve
Linguistics
- Segment (handwriting), the pen-tip trajectory between two defined points
- Segment (linguistics), a discrete unit of speech
- Speech segmentation, identifying the boundaries between words in spoken languages
- Text segmentation, dividing written text into meaningful units
Other uses
- Segmentary lineage, a model in social anthropology
- Market segmentation, dividing a broad market into sub-groups of consumers
- Euro Car Segment, EU descriptions of car types
- A-segment, first category in the passenger car classification system defined by the European Commission.
See also
- All pages with titles beginning with Segment
- All pages with titles containing Segment
- Part (disambiguation)
- Division (disambiguation)
- Section (disambiguation)
- Subdivision (disambiguation)
- Annelid, a segmented worm
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