segment

nouns

one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object
"a section of a fishing rod"; "metal sections were used below ground"; "finished the final segment of the road"
one of the parts into which something naturally divides
"a segment of an orange"
is a type of (narrower)
a portion of a natural object
"they analyzed the river into three parts"; "he needed a piece of granite"

verbs

divide into segments
"segment an orange"; "segment a compound word"
is derived from
divide or split up
"The cells segmented"
verb group
divide into segments
"segment an orange"; "segment a compound word"
is a type of (narrower)
come apart
"The two pieces that we had glued separated"