segmentally
Part by part
Segmentally means in a way that relates to segments or divisions.
In phonetics, it describes speech sounds (consonants and vowels) as distinct from suprasegmental features like stress and intonation: The language differs segmentally but shares similar tonal patterns.
In anatomy and biology, it refers to arrangement by body segments: The nerves are organized segmentally along the spine.
Minimal distinctive sound unit
- allophoneNon-distinctive sound variation
- syllableUnit of pronunciation
- consonantIn agreement with
- vowelUnobstructed speech sound
diphthong · articulation · phonology · acoustic · prosody · intonation · stress · phonemic
Divided into distinct sections
- fragmentedBroken into pieces
- sectionedDivided into portions
- subdividedSplit into smaller parts
- separatedPut or kept apart
piecemeal · discrete · bifurcated · dissected · demarcated · incrementally · progressively · stepwise
phoneme
Minimal distinctive sound unit
vowel · diphthong · articulation · phonology · acoustic · prosody · intonation · stress · phonemic · timing
partitioned
Divided into distinct sections
- fragmentedBroken into pieces
- sectionedDivided into portions
- subdividedSplit into smaller parts
separated · piecemeal · discrete · bifurcated · dissected · demarcated · incrementally · progressively · stepwise · sequentially
segmentallywholly
To the full extent
completely · entirely · as a whole · in its entirety · whole
segmentallycontinuously
Without pause or interruption
uninterruptedly · seamlessly · flowingly · contiguously · fluidly