Segment or segmentation 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#Viral_genomes, 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

Language and 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

Biology

Computing and communications

Geometry

Language and linguistics

Other uses

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