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Definition of segment

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Segment (n.) 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..

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Clitellus :: Clitellus (n.) A thickened glandular portion of the body of the adult earthworm, consisting of several united segments modified for reproductive purposes..

Thyrohyal :: Thyrohyal (n.) One of the lower segments in the hyoid arch, often consolidated with the body of the hyoid bone and forming one of its great horns, as in man..

Merosome :: Merosome (n.) One of the serial segments, or metameres, of which the bodies of vertebrate and articulate animals are composed..

Scallop :: Scallop (v. t.) To mark or cut the edge or border of into segments of circles, like the edge or surface of a scallop shell. See Scallop, n., 2..

Prosencephalon :: Prosencephalon (n.) The anterior segment of the brain, including the cerebrum and olfactory lobes; the forebrain..

Metathorax :: Metathorax (n.) The last or posterior segment of the thorax in insects. See Illust. of Coleoptera.

Urite :: Urite (n.) One of the segments of the abdomen or post-abdomen of arthropods.

Scutellum :: Scutellum (n.) The third of the four pieces forming the upper part of a thoracic segment of an insect. It follows the scutum, and is followed by the small postscutellum; a scutella. See Thorax..

Entomere :: Entomere (n.) The more granular cells, which finally become internal, in many segmenting ova, as those of mammals..

Epimere :: Epimere (n.) One of the segments of the transverse axis, or the so called homonymous parts; as, for example, one of the several segments of the extremities in vertebrates, or one of the similar segments in plants, such as the segments of a segmented leaf..

Slashed :: Slashed (a.) Divided into many narrow parts or segments by sharp incisions; laciniate.

Division :: Division (n.) The portion separated by the divining of a mass or body; a distinct segment or section.

Ennation :: Ennation (n.) The ninth segment in insects.

Chlorophane :: Chlorophane (n.) The yellowish green pigment in the inner segment of the cones of the retina. See Chromophane.

Leptocardia :: Leptocardia (n. pl.) The lowest class of Vertebrata, including only the Amphioxus. The heart is represented only by a simple pulsating vessel. The blood is colorless; the brain, renal organs, and limbs are wanting, and the backbone is represented only by a simple, unsegmented notochord. See Amphioxus..

Protozoonite :: Protozoonite (n.) One of the primary, or first-formed, segments of an embryonic arthropod..

Ectental :: Ectental (a.) Relating to, or connected with, the two primitive germ layers, the ectoderm and ectoderm; as, the ectental line or line of juncture of the two layers in the segmentation of the ovum..

Propodium :: Propodium (n.) The segment which forms the posterior part of the thorax of a hymenopterous insect.

Segment :: Segment (n.) 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..

Arch :: Arch (n.) Usually a curved member made up of separate wedge-shaped solids, with the joints between them disposed in the direction of the radii of the curve; used to support the wall or other weight above an opening. In this sense arches are segmental, round (i. e., semicircular), or pointed..