segment
noun
one of the parts into which something naturally separates or is divided; a division, portion, or section.
segmentary
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a word derived from
segment.
Example Sentences
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Narrow lanes opened off the main street affording access to wharves and warehouses, and presenting at their termini segmentary views of ships’ hulls, bowsprits, and booms, with a background of muddy water and smoke.
From The Lifeboat by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
The destinies here seen segmentary will appear full circle beyond the grave.
From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by William Rounseville Alger
In the same way, the segmentary structure of society is more and more overlaid by the other, but without ever disappearing completely.
From Introduction to the Science of Sociology by Robert Ezra Park
