Look up segment, segmentation, or segmental in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Segment, segmentation, segmented, or segmental may refer to:

Biology

• Segmentation (biology), the division of body plans into a series of repetitive segments
  • Segmentation in the human nervous system
• 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
  • Segment descriptor
  • Data segment
  • Code segment
• 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
  • Network segment
• Packet segmentation, the process of dividing a data packet into smaller units
  • Segmentation and reassembly
• 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