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Hyphenation for “segment”

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What is the correct hyphenation for “segment”? The purpose of hyphenation is to separate a word such as "segment" because otherwise it would be too long and would no longer fit on one line. This separation not only saves space it improves the visually flow of the text. This word separation exists in most languages. In English, the word separation of “segment” is based on the speech syllables. The separating syllable in linguistics is therefore the smallest group of sounds in the natural flow of speech. As a separator, the classic hyphen is usually used: „segment“ ⟶ „seg-ment“.

Hyphens are occasionally used to denote syllabification, as in syl-la-bi-fi-ca-tion. Various British and North American dictionaries use an interpunct, sometimes called a "middle dot" or "hyphenation point", for this purpose, as in syl·la·bi·fi·ca·tion. This allows the hyphen to be reserved only for places where a hard hyphen is intended (for example, self-con·scious, un·self-con·scious, long-stand·ing). Similarly, hyphens may be used to indicate how a word is being or should be spelled. For example, W-O-R-D spells "word".

Definitions of "segment"

segment >> /ˈsɛɡmənt/

Definition: [transitive verb] Divide (something) into separate parts or sections.
Example: the unemployed are segmented into two groups

Synonyms of "segment"

divide | divide up | subdivide | separate | split | split up | cut up | carve up | slice up | break up | dismember |

Definition: [noun] Each of the parts into which something is or may be divided.
Example: a large segment of the local population

Synonyms of "segment"

piece | part | bit | section | chunk | division | portion | slice | fragment | component | wedge | lump | slab | hunk | parcel | tranche |

Definition: [noun] A part of a figure cut off by a line or plane intersecting it.
Example: The main purpose of the work is to investigate the volume of segments of these three-dimensional figures.

Definition: [noun] Each of the series of similar anatomical units of which the body and appendages of some animals are composed, such as the visible rings of an earthworm's body.
Example: Unlike the agnostids, polymerid trilobites typically have more than two or three thoracic segments, and the pygidium is usually smaller than the cephalon.

Definition: [noun] The smallest distinct part of a spoken utterance, in particular the vowels and consonants as opposed to stress and intonation.
Example: This sound cue, which lasts for one-tenth to one-fifth of a second, marks the transition from a consonant sound to a speech segment beginning with a vowel.