segmental
Made of parts
Segmental means divided into or consisting of segments—distinct parts or sections.
In linguistics, segmental refers to the individual speech sounds (consonants and vowels) as opposed to features like tone or stress that span multiple sounds.
In anatomy, segmental describes structures arranged in repeating units: segmental arteries, segmental innervation.
The word appears in technical contexts where division into discrete parts matters.
Interlocking bones of spine
- somiteEmbryonic tissue segment
- dermatomeNerve's cutaneous territory
- annelidSegmented worm phylum member
- arthropodJointed-limb invertebrate phylum
thoracic · abdominal · cervical · lumbar · sacral · caudal · trunk · serial homology
Minimal distinctive sound unit
- allophoneNon-distinctive sound variation
- consonantIn agreement with
- vowelUnobstructed speech sound
- diphthongComplex vowel gliding between positions
syllable · articulation · voicing · aspiration · nasality · prosody · stress · intonation
Divided into distinct sections
- sectionedDivided into portions
- subdividedSplit into smaller parts
- fragmentedBroken into pieces
- separatedPut or kept apart
segmented · compartmentalized · demarcated · discrete · modular · discontinuous · articulated · jointed
Smallest meaningful language unit
- affixWord-part modifier
- prefixRoot-modifying front element
- suffixWord-ending addition
- infixAffix within a word
root · stem · base · inflection · derivation · compounding · affixation · lexeme
vertebrae
Interlocking bones of spine
- somiteEmbryonic tissue segment
- dermatomeNerve's cutaneous territory
- annelidSegmented worm phylum member
arthropod · thoracic · abdominal · cervical · lumbar · sacral · caudal · trunk · serial homology
phoneme
Minimal distinctive sound unit
diphthong · syllable · articulation · voicing · aspiration · nasality · prosody · stress · intonation · tone
partitioned
Divided into distinct sections
- sectionedDivided into portions
- subdividedSplit into smaller parts
- fragmentedBroken into pieces
separated · segmented · compartmentalized · demarcated · discrete · modular · discontinuous · articulated · jointed · sequential
morpheme
Smallest meaningful language unit
infix · root · stem · base · inflection · derivation · compounding · affixation · lexeme · bound
segmentalcontinuous
Without pause or gap
unbroken · uninterrupted · seamless · contiguous · flowing
- grapefruit segmentsDivided pieces of tart citrus
- body segmentsDiscrete anatomical divisions
- news segmentDiscrete broadcast story unit
- line segmentBounded straight path
- orange segmentSingle section of citrus
- market segmentsDistinct consumer groupings
segment, segments, segmentation, subsegments, subsegment, segmentally, segmenter