The difference between Circular segment and Segment
When used as nouns, circular segment means a region of a circle bounded by an arc and the chord connecting the endpoints of the arc, whereas segment means a length of some object.
Segment is also verb with the meaning: to divide into segments or sections.
check bellow for the other definitions of Circular segment and Segment
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Circular segment as a noun (geometry):
A region of a circle bounded by an arc and the chord connecting the endpoints of the arc.
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Segment as a noun:
A length of some object.
Examples:
"a segment of rope"
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Segment as a noun:
One of the parts into which any body naturally separates or is divided; a part divided or cut off; a section; a portion.
Examples:
"a segment of an orange; a segment of a compound or divided leaf"
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Segment as a noun (mathematics):
A portion. A straight path between two points that is the shortest distance between them. The part of a circle between its circumference and a chord (usually other than the diameter). Any of the pieces that constitute an order tree.
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Segment as a noun (science):
A portion. A discrete unit of speech: a consonant or a vowel. A portion of an organ whose cells are derived from a single cell within the primordium from which the organ developed. One of several parts of an organism, with similar structure, arranged in a chain; such as a vertebra, or a third of an insect's thorax.
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Segment as a noun (broadcasting):
A part of a broadcast program, devoted to a topic.
Examples:
"The news showed a segment on global warming."
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Segment as a noun (computing):
An Ethernet bus.
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Segment as a noun (computing):
A region of memory or a fragment of an executable file designated to contain a particular part of a program.
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Segment as a noun (travel):
A portion of an itinerary: it may be a flight or train between two cities, or a car or hotel booked in a particular city.
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Segment as a verb (ambitransitive):
To divide into segments or sections.
Examples:
"Segment the essay by topic."