segment
noun
one of the parts into which something naturally separates or is divided; a division, portion, or section.
had segmented
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past perfectof segment.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Among other things, it had segmented its computer networks into several different isolated partitions to constrain access attempts and used an intrusion prevention system to monitor incoming traffic.
From Slate ● Dec. 21, 2016
Deep fissures or indentations showed themselves all over the sphere; and then at the end of ten or more minutes all interior action ceased, and the sphere had segmented into a coiled mass.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 470, January 3, 1885 by Various
