segment : Idioms & Phrases


Segment gear

  • a piece for receiving or communicating reciprocating motion from or to a cogwheel, consisting of a sector of a circular gear, or ring, having cogs on the periphery, or face.
Webster 1913

Segment of a line

  • the part of a line contained between two points on it.
Webster 1913

Segment of a sphere

  • the part of a sphere cut off by a plane, or included between two parallel planes.
Webster 1913

segmented worm

  • noun worms with cylindrical bodies segmented both internally and externally
    annelid; annelid worm.
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Spherical segment

  • the segment of a sphere. See under Segment.
Webster 1913

Ventral segment

  • . (Acoustics) See Loop, n., 5.
  • . (Acoustics) See Loor, n., 5.
Webster 1913