1 a part of sth that is separate from the other parts or can be considered separately:
She cleaned a small segment of the painting. * Lines divided the area into segments.
2 one of the sections of an orange, a lemon, etc.
3 (geometry) a part of a circle separated from the rest by a single line
verb [VN] [oftenpassive] (technical) to divide sth into different parts:
Market researchers often segment the population on the basis of age and social class. * The worm has a segmented body (= with different sections joined together).
