Segment vs. Fragment
Difference Between Segment and Fragment
Segmentnoun
A length of some object.
a segment of ropeFragmentnoun
A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part, either physically or not
a fragment of an ancient writingI heard a small fragment of the conversation.Segmentnoun
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 leafFragmentnoun
(grammar) A sentence not containing a subject or a predicate.
Segmentnoun
(mathematics) A portion.
Fragmentnoun
(computing) An incomplete portion of code.
Segmentnoun
A straight path between two points that is the shortest distance between them.
Fragmentverb
(intransitive) To break apart.
Segmentnoun
(geometry) The part of a circle between its circumference and a chord (usually other than the diameter).
Fragmentverb
(transitive) To cause to be broken into pieces.
Segmentnoun
(geometry) The part of a sphere cut off by a plane.
Fragmentverb
To break up and disperse (a file) into non-contiguous areas of a disk.
Segmentnoun
(topology) Any of the pieces that constitute an order tree.
Fragmentnoun
a piece broken off or cut off of something else;
a fragment of rockSegmentnoun
(science) A portion.
Fragmentnoun
a broken piece of a brittle artifact
Segmentnoun
(phonology) A discrete unit of speech: a consonant or a vowel.
Fragmentnoun
an incomplete piece;
fragments of a playSegmentnoun
(botany) A portion of an organ whose cells are derived from a single cell within the primordium from which the organ developed.
Fragmentverb
break or cause to break into pieces;
The plate fragmentedSegmentnoun
(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.
The news showed a segment on global warming.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.
Segment the essay by topic.Segmentnoun
one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object;
a section of a fishing rodmetal sections were used below groundfinished the final segment of the roadSegmentnoun
one of the parts into which something naturally divides;
a segment of an orangeSegmentverb
divide into segments;
segment an orangesegment a compound wordSegmentverb
divide or split up;
The cells segmented
