The difference between Lith and Segment

When used as nouns, lith means a limb, 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 Lith and Segment

  1. Lith as a noun (UK, _, dialectal):

    A limb; any member of the body.

  2. Lith as a noun (UK, _, dialectal):

    A joint; a segment or symmetrical part or division.

    Examples:

    "'lith and limb;  out of lith'"

  3. Lith as a noun (Scotland):

    A segment of an orange, or similar fruit.

  1. Lith as a noun:

    Property.

  1. Lith as a noun (UK, _, dialectal):

    A gate; a gap in a fence.

  1. Segment as a noun:

    A length of some object.

    Examples:

    "a segment of rope"

  2. 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"

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. Segment as a noun (broadcasting):

    A part of a broadcast program, devoted to a topic.

    Examples:

    "The news showed a segment on global warming."

  6. Segment as a noun (computing):

    An Ethernet bus.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  1. Segment as a verb (ambitransitive):

    To divide into segments or sections.

    Examples:

    "Segment the essay by topic."

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