segmental
/seg'mentl/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Relating to or consisting of segments or sections: Describes something that is divided into distinct parts or sections.
- Relating to the sequential, linear units of speech sounds: In linguistics, describes sounds (like consonants and vowels) that can be isolated in a sequence, as opposed to suprasegmental features like intonation or stress.
Examples of Usage
- Adjective:
- The body of an earthworm is segmental, composed of many similar rings.
- In phonetics, consonants and vowels are considered segmental features of speech.
Advanced Usage
- "Segmental analysis": In linguistics, the analysis of speech into a sequence of discrete sounds (phonemes).
- The linguist conducted a segmental analysis of the dialect.
- "Segmental construction": In engineering or architecture, a structure built from separate, often repeating, sections.
- The bridge was built using a segmental construction technique.
Variants and Related Words
- Segment (n): A part into which something is divided.
- Each segment of the orange can be separated.
- Segmentation (n): The process of dividing something into segments.
- The segmentation of the market allowed for targeted advertising.
- Suprasegmental (adj): In linguistics, relating to features like stress, tone, and intonation that extend over more than one segmental sound.
- Intonation is a suprasegmental feature of language.
Synonyms
- Sectional: Relating to or divided into sections.
- Modular: Constructed from standardized units or sections.
- Phonemic (in linguistic contexts): Relating to phonemes, the smallest segmental units of sound.
Related Phrases
- Segmental phonology: The branch of phonology concerned with the study of speech sounds as discrete, sequential segments.
- Her research focuses on segmental phonology.
Adjective
- having the body divided into successive metameres or segments, as in earthworms or lobsters
- divided or organized into speech segments or isolable speech sounds