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"segment":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
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": a portion cut off from a geometric figure by one or more points, lines, or planes: such as":[],
": the area of a circle bounded by a chord and an arc of that circle":[],
": the part of a sphere cut off by a plane or included between two parallel planes":[],
": the finite part of a line between two points in the line":[],
": a separate piece of something : bit , fragment":[
"chop the stalks into short segments"
],
": one of the constituent parts into which a body, entity, or quantity is divided or marked off by or as if by natural boundaries":[
"all segments of the population agree"
],
": to separate into segments : give off as segments":[]
},
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"\u02c8seg-\u02ccment",
"\u02c8seg-m\u0259nt"
],
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"member",
"part",
"partition",
"portion",
"section"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for segment Noun part , portion , piece , member , division , section , segment , fragment mean something less than the whole. part is a general term appropriate when indefiniteness is required. they ran only part of the way portion implies an assigned or allotted part. cut the pie into six portions piece applies to a separate or detached part of a whole. a puzzle with 500 pieces member suggests one of the functional units composing a body. a structural member division applies to a large or diversified part. the manufacturing division of the company section applies to a relatively small or uniform part. the entertainment section of the newspaper segment applies to a part separated or marked out by or as if by natural lines of cleavage. the retired segment of the population fragment applies to a part produced by or as if by breaking off. only a fragment of the play still exists",
"examples":[
"Noun",
"The railroad track is divided into segments .",
"I think I lost one segment of this model kit.",
"Verb",
"Market researchers have segmented the population into different age groups.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"To once again highlight the stark difference, the 100th best vehicle segment identified by Classic.com, the Porsche 911 Carrera 4 Coupe - 993 (years 1995 to 1997), still provided a 26% ROI. \u2014 Steve Tengler, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
"The restaurants being featured for the Detroit segment are American Coney Island and Chili, Mustard, Onion (CMO). \u2014 Chandra Fleming, Detroit Free Press , 29 June 2022",
"The segment 's routine consists of stars singing radio hits alongside Corden, who asks questions while driving. \u2014 Elise Brisco, USA TODAY , 28 June 2022",
"The four-minute, 30-second segment starts with a look at the Lake Geneva Cruise Line's mail boat jumpers. \u2014 Chelsey Lewis, Journal Sentinel , 27 June 2022",
"Gardner-Fernandez's answer won't be revealed until the segment airs Thursday at 5 p.m. \u2014 Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News , 27 June 2022",
"Then, cut three rectangles out of the paper, about half an inch apart, on each segment . \u2014 Monique Valeris, Good Housekeeping , 27 June 2022",
"Seeking to reach every market segment , Luxottica sold inexpensive frames in developing nations, sometimes even giving away glasses through charities. \u2014 New York Times , 27 June 2022",
"Directly before the segment , while production staff were setting up the table with various inedible dishes, Corden surprised the audience in London\u2019s Freemasons Hall with an almost 10-minute spur-of-the-moment Q&A. \u2014 K.j. Yossman, Variety , 27 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"To gain real-time customer insight, banks can segment their customers using available data (e.g., customer profiling, analyzing transaction patterns, past and immediate customer behavior). \u2014 Ankit Agarwal, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"Marketing teams can segment customers through a list of criteria. \u2014 Patrick Moorhead, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
"The problem is that current solutions don\u2019t operate on mobile devices and require accurate models to recognize and segment the parts. \u2014 Yanzhi Wang, Forbes , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Educators also are careful to segment out age-appropriate texts for elementary, middle and high school libraries, librarians say, relying on the professional reviews and websites such as Common Sense Media. \u2014 Hannah Natanson, Anchorage Daily News , 26 Mar. 2022",
"And of course, Santa is using the latest technology to segment his customers into his two traditional groups: Naughty or Nice. \u2014 Richard Howells, Forbes , 7 Dec. 2021",
"Never known for cheap products, even Apple AAPL -1.17% has to segment its customer base. \u2014 Dan Gallagher, WSJ , 8 Mar. 2022",
"According to the Aberdeen Group, firms that invest in predictive analytics are almost twice as likely to segment their audiences and target their campaigns successfully. \u2014 Wendy Gonzalez, Forbes , 18 Jan. 2022",
"For example, in the past, hospitals would segment their medical device network to isolate it from the rest of the systems that need access to it. \u2014 James Carder, Forbes , 11 Nov. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin segmentum , from secare to cut \u2014 more at saw":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"1570, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1859, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-143733"
},
"segregate":{
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"desegregate",
"integrate",
"reintegrate"
],
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": separate , withdraw":[],
": to cause or force the separation of (as from the rest of society)":[],
": to practice or enforce a policy of segregation":[],
": to separate or set apart from others or from the general mass : isolate":[],
": to undergo genetic segregation":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"The civil rights movement fought against practices that segregated blacks and whites.",
"Many states at that time continued to segregate public schools.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Alongside your calendar, have your daily to-do list but segregate personal and business. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
"Among other measures, league president Mikel Arriola is also requiring the league\u2019s other 17 teams to segregate its main supporter groups, known as barras, in specific areas of their stadiums that will be closed to minors. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 Mar. 2022",
"Some countries are now experimenting with ways to segregate medical waste for recycling and safer disposal. \u2014 Charles Schmidt, Scientific American , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Foster says the separation is not a matter of wanting to segregate Swifties, but rather of not wanting to completely disappoint them. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Employ microsegmentation to create zones within data centers and cloud environments so as to segregate workloads from one another, thereby strengthening compliance and minimizing the potential for data breaches. \u2014 Wes Wright, Forbes , 13 Apr. 2022",
"That means the West\u2019s efforts to segregate Russia from the international community will only increase, moving towards a total energy blockade, and throwing global markets into chaos. \u2014 Will Daniel, Fortune , 12 Apr. 2022",
"During the 1950s, after this census was recorded, Detroit began to suburbanize and continued to segregate . \u2014 Emma Stein, Detroit Free Press , 1 Apr. 2022",
"When they were no longer permitted to segregate real estate markets with tools that explicitly separated regions by race, local policymakers turned to zoning rules that separated households by income directly and oftentimes by race indirectly. \u2014 Emily Hamilton, The Conversation , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Other sensitive data, including family trees and DNA data, are stored on segregate systems that are separate from those that house email addresses. \u2014 Kirsten Korosec, Fortune , 5 June 2018",
"As public schools re- segregate , the rise in charter schools has not helped this trend. \u2014 Lincoln Anthony Blades, Teen Vogue , 17 May 2018",
"There is also another cultural trend that has led many in our nation to ideologically self- segregate , not based on race, but based on ideology. \u2014 James Lankford, National Review , 19 Aug. 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1542, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
"1871, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin segregatus , past participle of segregare , from se- apart + greg-, grex herd \u2014 more at secede":"Verb"
},
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"\u02c8se-gri-g\u0259t",
"-\u02ccg\u0101t",
"-g\u0259t",
"\u02c8seg-ri-\u02ccg\u0101t",
"\u02c8se-gri-\u02ccg\u0101t"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"cut off",
"insulate",
"isolate",
"seclude",
"separate",
"sequester"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-111808",
"type":[
"adjective",
"intransitive verb",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"segmentation":{
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"noun"
],
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"pronounciation":[
"-\u02ccmen-",
"\u02ccseg-m\u0259n-\u02c8t\u0101-sh\u0259n",
"\u02ccseg-(\u02cc)men-\u02c8t\u0101-sh\u0259n"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"the segmentation of the population",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Most sales leaders think of marketing, customer segmentation and hiring the right talent. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
"Spotify\u2019s deeper segmentation is a crucial strategy in turning casual watchers into dedicated fans of the latest title. \u2014 Partner Content, Variety , 2 June 2022",
"Marketing teams run the segmentation for their accounts from the CRM system and leverage the ABM system firmographics data to segment further on the ABM campaigns. \u2014 Buyan Thyagarajan, Forbes , 3 May 2022",
"As any marketer knows, traditional segmentation focuses on reaching customers based on their product, price, placement and promotion preferences. \u2014 Jon Greenwood, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Do your segmentation for today, but also plan to stay relevant for the future. \u2014 Forrester, Forbes , 6 May 2022",
"Without understanding the willingness to pay for all of the above, a customer segmentation exercise is an exercise in futility. \u2014 Per Sjofors, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
"This is why strategic segmentation is so important. \u2014 Jeb Dasteel, Forbes , 25 Mar. 2022",
"All donors are precious, but the thought process behind each donor can be different; this makes segmentation an essential consideration when fundraising for nonprofits. \u2014 Patrick Coleman, Forbes , 10 Dec. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1851, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-172801"
},
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"adjective",
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
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": a portion cut off from a geometric figure by one or more points, lines, or planes: such as":[],
": the area of a circle bounded by a chord and an arc of that circle":[],
": the part of a sphere cut off by a plane or included between two parallel planes":[],
": the finite part of a line between two points in the line":[],
": a separate piece of something : bit , fragment":[
"chop the stalks into short segments"
],
": one of the constituent parts into which a body, entity, or quantity is divided or marked off by or as if by natural boundaries":[
"all segments of the population agree"
],
": to separate into segments : give off as segments":[]
},
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"\u02c8seg-m\u0259nt",
"\u02c8seg-\u02ccment"
],
"synonyms":[
"member",
"part",
"partition",
"portion",
"section"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for segment Noun part , portion , piece , member , division , section , segment , fragment mean something less than the whole. part is a general term appropriate when indefiniteness is required. they ran only part of the way portion implies an assigned or allotted part. cut the pie into six portions piece applies to a separate or detached part of a whole. a puzzle with 500 pieces member suggests one of the functional units composing a body. a structural member division applies to a large or diversified part. the manufacturing division of the company section applies to a relatively small or uniform part. the entertainment section of the newspaper segment applies to a part separated or marked out by or as if by natural lines of cleavage. the retired segment of the population fragment applies to a part produced by or as if by breaking off. only a fragment of the play still exists",
"examples":[
"Noun",
"The railroad track is divided into segments .",
"I think I lost one segment of this model kit.",
"Verb",
"Market researchers have segmented the population into different age groups.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"To once again highlight the stark difference, the 100th best vehicle segment identified by Classic.com, the Porsche 911 Carrera 4 Coupe - 993 (years 1995 to 1997), still provided a 26% ROI. \u2014 Steve Tengler, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
"The restaurants being featured for the Detroit segment are American Coney Island and Chili, Mustard, Onion (CMO). \u2014 Chandra Fleming, Detroit Free Press , 29 June 2022",
"The segment 's routine consists of stars singing radio hits alongside Corden, who asks questions while driving. \u2014 Elise Brisco, USA TODAY , 28 June 2022",
"The four-minute, 30-second segment starts with a look at the Lake Geneva Cruise Line's mail boat jumpers. \u2014 Chelsey Lewis, Journal Sentinel , 27 June 2022",
"Gardner-Fernandez's answer won't be revealed until the segment airs Thursday at 5 p.m. \u2014 Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News , 27 June 2022",
"Then, cut three rectangles out of the paper, about half an inch apart, on each segment . \u2014 Monique Valeris, Good Housekeeping , 27 June 2022",
"Seeking to reach every market segment , Luxottica sold inexpensive frames in developing nations, sometimes even giving away glasses through charities. \u2014 New York Times , 27 June 2022",
"Directly before the segment , while production staff were setting up the table with various inedible dishes, Corden surprised the audience in London\u2019s Freemasons Hall with an almost 10-minute spur-of-the-moment Q&A. \u2014 K.j. Yossman, Variety , 27 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"To gain real-time customer insight, banks can segment their customers using available data (e.g., customer profiling, analyzing transaction patterns, past and immediate customer behavior). \u2014 Ankit Agarwal, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"Marketing teams can segment customers through a list of criteria. \u2014 Patrick Moorhead, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
"The problem is that current solutions don\u2019t operate on mobile devices and require accurate models to recognize and segment the parts. \u2014 Yanzhi Wang, Forbes , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Educators also are careful to segment out age-appropriate texts for elementary, middle and high school libraries, librarians say, relying on the professional reviews and websites such as Common Sense Media. \u2014 Hannah Natanson, Anchorage Daily News , 26 Mar. 2022",
"And of course, Santa is using the latest technology to segment his customers into his two traditional groups: Naughty or Nice. \u2014 Richard Howells, Forbes , 7 Dec. 2021",
"Never known for cheap products, even Apple AAPL -1.17% has to segment its customer base. \u2014 Dan Gallagher, WSJ , 8 Mar. 2022",
"According to the Aberdeen Group, firms that invest in predictive analytics are almost twice as likely to segment their audiences and target their campaigns successfully. \u2014 Wendy Gonzalez, Forbes , 18 Jan. 2022",
"For example, in the past, hospitals would segment their medical device network to isolate it from the rest of the systems that need access to it. \u2014 James Carder, Forbes , 11 Nov. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin segmentum , from secare to cut \u2014 more at saw":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"1570, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1859, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-181849"
},
"segmentation cavity":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1883, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-194206"
},
"segmental":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
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": of, relating to, or having the form of a segment and especially the sector of a circle":[
"segmental fanlight"
],
": of, relating to, or composed of somites or metameres : metameric":[],
": divided into segments":[
"segmental knowledge"
],
": partial , incomplete":[],
": resulting from segmentation":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"seg-\u02c8ment-\u1d4al",
"seg-\u02c8men-t\u1d4al"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Murray was diagnosed with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis at age 15. \u2014 Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic , 29 June 2022",
"Jeff Laviero suffers from focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, or FSGS, a serious disease in which scar tissue develops on the small parts of the kidneys that filter waste from the blood. \u2014 Pam Mcloughlin, Hartford Courant , 19 June 2022",
"The recent rise can be attributed to positive results from a mid-stage study evaluating VX-147 in treating patients with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, which is a kidney disease caused by variants of the APOL1 gene. \u2014 Trefis Team, Forbes , 10 Dec. 2021",
"Unable to work because of his kidney disease, a rare condition called focal segmental glomerulosclerosis that causes scar tissue to form in the kidneys, Carroll lost access to his private insurance. \u2014 Carrie Arnold, Quartz , 15 Dec. 2020",
"Removing just a small section of lung tissue is called a wedge resection, while removing a larger portion (but not an entire lobe) is called a segmental resection. \u2014 Lambeth Hochwald, Health.com , 3 Dec. 2019",
"But the recipient had focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS), a disease that causes scarring in the kidney and which began attacking the new organ. \u2014 Matthew Berger, Fox News , 28 Apr. 2018",
"One surgery, Veale said, involved a man who had focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS), a disease in which the body attacks its own kidneys. \u2014 Usha Lee Mcfarling, STAT , 25 Apr. 2018",
"The boy was diagnosed with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, or FSGS, a kidney disease for which there is no cure. \u2014 David Woods, USA TODAY , 14 Sep. 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1816, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-195736"
},
"segmental apparatus":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the brainstem in which the primitive chordate metameric pattern is still perceptible (as by the emergence of cranial nerves) \u2014 compare archipallium , suprasegmental":[]
},
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"so called from the segmental arrangement of the cranial nerves":""
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-204404"
},
"segmented":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
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": divided into or composed of segments or sections":[
"segmented worms"
]
},
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"seg-\u02c8",
"\u02c8seg-\u02ccment-\u0259d, seg-\u02c8",
"\u02c8seg-\u02ccmen-t\u0259d"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Its 38-inch-high segmented surface also doubles as an extra workspace, which is always convenient. \u2014 Alex Rennie, Popular Mechanics , 29 June 2022",
"The problem is that these tools are disjointed and disconnected, resulting in a profoundly segmented view of their marketing, business, and customer data and, as a result, preventing them from creating breakthrough customer experiences. \u2014 Gary Drenik, Forbes , 9 Dec. 2021",
"But as Haglund and Bjorklund point out, using A.I. for contextual advertising hardly solves all the ethical dilemmas posed by the way digital ads are served up to segmented audiences. \u2014 Jeremy Kahn, Fortune , 3 May 2022",
"Houston's segmented network of bike lanes, trails and bayou greenways is slowly but surely taking even more shape with two major projects on the horizon\u2014and even more coming up. \u2014 Jay R. Jordan, Chron , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Additionally, engagement and acquisition will play a larger role in video marketing as attribution becomes more sophisticated, video formats blend and buying processes become less segmented . \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 1 Oct. 2021",
"Suppose the developer doesn\u2019t use banners and measures by general ARPDAU rather than segmented ARPDAU ( per ad format). \u2014 Frederick Daso, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022",
"The first telescope in space to use segmented primary mirrors, Webb\u2019s main mirror\u2014which measures 21-feet, 4-inches/6.5-meters\u2014has eight hexagonal segments made from beryllium. \u2014 Jamie Carter, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
"The bed is the prize here, though, larger than other comparable vehicles and cleverly appointed with integrated features such as an adjustable cable for tying things down and cutouts to allow for segmented storage. \u2014 Rachel Rothman, Good Housekeeping , 19 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1854, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-012940"
},
"segregation":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
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": the act or process of segregating : the state of being segregated":[],
": the separation or isolation of a race, class, or ethnic group by enforced or voluntary residence in a restricted area, by barriers to social intercourse, by separate educational facilities, or by other discriminatory means":[],
": the separation for special treatment or observation of individuals or items from a larger group":[
"segregation of gifted children into accelerated classes"
],
": the separation of allelic genes that occurs typically during meiosis":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccse-gri-\u02c8g\u0101-sh\u0259n",
"\u02ccseg-ri-\u02c8g\u0101-sh\u0259n"
],
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"aloneness",
"insulation",
"isolation",
"privacy",
"secludedness",
"seclusion",
"separateness",
"sequestration",
"solitariness",
"solitude"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"They fought to end the segregation of public schools.",
"the segregation of men and women",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"While agreeing, some school board members, community leaders and retired educators fear a return to segregation . \u2014 Olivia Krauth, The Courier-Journal , 2 June 2022",
"The signs refer to segregation under Jim Crow laws. \u2014 Jaclyn Peiser, Washington Post , 17 May 2022",
"In one of his notable Easter sermons, King argued that the meaning behind the resurrection signaled a future where God will put an end to racial segregation . \u2014 Jason Oliver Evans, The Conversation , 14 Apr. 2022",
"These policies also contribute to segregation in the towns, according to the study. \u2014 Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant , 9 Apr. 2022",
"But supporters likened requiring vaccination to racial segregation . \u2014 Jeff Amy, ajc , 23 Feb. 2022",
"In the mid-1960s Interstate 4 was completed, further adding to racial segregation and uneven economic development. \u2014 Spencer Bailey, Town & Country , 21 Jan. 2022",
"She was exposed to segregation \u2014 in laws and policies \u2014 that prevented African Americans from opportunity on a daily basis. \u2014 Marybeth Gasman, Forbes , 1 Nov. 2021",
"The case made its way to the Supreme Court, which upheld a district court\u2019s ruling that put an end to segregation on buses in Alabama. \u2014 Brigit Katz, Smithsonian Magazine , 28 Oct. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1555, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-061521"
},
"segmentate":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": composed of segments":[]
},
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"segment entry 1 + -ate":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-090428"
},
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"adjective"
],
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": set apart or separated from others of the same kind or group":[
"a segregated account in a bank"
],
": divided in facilities or administered separately for members of different groups or races":[
"segregated education"
],
": restricted to members of one group or one race by a policy of segregation":[
"segregated schools"
],
": practicing or maintaining segregation especially of races":[
"segregated states"
]
},
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],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The series, which has been renewed for Season 2, also touches on a topic too little seen in period dramas, with its portrait of an affluent Black family living amid the comforts of a segregated but well-to-do Black community in Brooklyn. \u2014 oregonlive , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Representatives from education groups criticized the bill, saying the open enrollment language could lead to segregated and inequitable school districts. \u2014 Olivia Krauth, The Courier-Journal , 30 Mar. 2021",
"During the Civil Rights era, Black residents of segregated Northern cities burned down buildings. \u2014 New York Times , 26 May 2022",
"Why is Buffalo among the most segregated cities in the nation",
"Buffalo remains one of the most segregated cities in America. \u2014 Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN , 19 May 2022",
"At the same time, companies' efforts excluded Black women and men, who were barred from using these restrooms in the segregated South and were not a focus for these companies in the North until the 1950s and 1960s. \u2014 Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN , 4 June 2022",
"Cooper, 101, grew up in the segregated South, and his single mom worked as a live-in housekeeper to afford tuition at Storer College in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. \u2014 Catherine Garcia, The Week , 2 June 2022",
"That attention to image and story is present in every panel of Howard Cruse\u2019s graphic novel, a fictionalized account of growing up as a white gay man, coming out, and joining the civil-rights movement in the segregated South. \u2014 The Atlantic , 16 May 2022"
],
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"1652, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-172435"
},
"segmental duct":{
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-185255"
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"intransitive verb",
"noun",
"verb"
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": to cause or force the separation of (as from the rest of society)":[],
": separate , withdraw":[],
": to practice or enforce a policy of segregation":[],
": to undergo genetic segregation":[]
},
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"\u02c8se-gri-\u02ccg\u0101t",
"\u02c8se-gri-g\u0259t",
"-g\u0259t",
"-\u02ccg\u0101t",
"\u02c8seg-ri-\u02ccg\u0101t"
],
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"cut off",
"insulate",
"isolate",
"seclude",
"separate",
"sequester"
],
"antonyms":[
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"integrate",
"reintegrate"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Verb",
"The civil rights movement fought against practices that segregated blacks and whites.",
"Many states at that time continued to segregate public schools.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Alongside your calendar, have your daily to-do list but segregate personal and business. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
"Among other measures, league president Mikel Arriola is also requiring the league\u2019s other 17 teams to segregate its main supporter groups, known as barras, in specific areas of their stadiums that will be closed to minors. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 Mar. 2022",
"Some countries are now experimenting with ways to segregate medical waste for recycling and safer disposal. \u2014 Charles Schmidt, Scientific American , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Foster says the separation is not a matter of wanting to segregate Swifties, but rather of not wanting to completely disappoint them. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Employ microsegmentation to create zones within data centers and cloud environments so as to segregate workloads from one another, thereby strengthening compliance and minimizing the potential for data breaches. \u2014 Wes Wright, Forbes , 13 Apr. 2022",
"That means the West\u2019s efforts to segregate Russia from the international community will only increase, moving towards a total energy blockade, and throwing global markets into chaos. \u2014 Will Daniel, Fortune , 12 Apr. 2022",
"During the 1950s, after this census was recorded, Detroit began to suburbanize and continued to segregate . \u2014 Emma Stein, Detroit Free Press , 1 Apr. 2022",
"When they were no longer permitted to segregate real estate markets with tools that explicitly separated regions by race, local policymakers turned to zoning rules that separated households by income directly and oftentimes by race indirectly. \u2014 Emily Hamilton, The Conversation , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Other sensitive data, including family trees and DNA data, are stored on segregate systems that are separate from those that house email addresses. \u2014 Kirsten Korosec, Fortune , 5 June 2018",
"As public schools re- segregate , the rise in charter schools has not helped this trend. \u2014 Lincoln Anthony Blades, Teen Vogue , 17 May 2018",
"There is also another cultural trend that has led many in our nation to ideologically self- segregate , not based on race, but based on ideology. \u2014 James Lankford, National Review , 19 Aug. 2017"
],
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"Latin segregatus , past participle of segregare , from se- apart + greg-, grex herd \u2014 more at secede":"Verb"
},
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"1542, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
"1871, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-233506"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a genetic segregate":[]
},
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"\u02c8seg-ri-g\u0259nt",
"\u02c8se-gri-g\u0259nt"
],
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"1926, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-044120"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a person who believes in or practices segregation especially of races (see race entry 1 sense 1a )":[]
},
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"\u02ccse-gri-\u02c8g\u0101-sh(\u0259-)nist"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As the great-granddaughter of slaveowners and the daughter of a segregationist , Mulholland said she was often referred to as a traitor to her race for her civil rights work. \u2014 Tori B. Powell, CBS News , 28 May 2022",
"In particular, Arkansas Senator John McClellan, a staunch segregationist , led the charge for Title III. \u2014 Andrew Lanham, The New Republic , 21 Apr. 2022",
"The judge in the case, Clarence W. Allgood\u2014a segregationist chosen for a lifetime federal appointment by President John F. Kennedy\u2014addressed Motley in patently sexist terms. \u2014 Tomiko Brown-nagin, Smithsonian Magazine , 23 Feb. 2022",
"The arch- segregationist record of Senator Sam Ervin (D., N.C.), who later chaired the Senate\u2019s Watergate committee, is tactfully left unmentioned. \u2014 Fred O\u2019brien, National Review , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Huntington\u2019s focus on the divisive presidential campaigns of the hard-right Goldwater in 1964 and the Alabama segregationist George Wallace in 1968 helps drive home his point. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Dec. 2021",
"Even those who know, for instance, that George Wallace, another former governor, in the final years of his life, renounced his racist past will forever see him as the segregationist at the door. \u2014 Roy S. Johnson | Rjohnson@al.com, al , 11 Feb. 2022",
"Two groups who were key to helping energize voters for her Senate run in 2018, Living United for Change in Arizona and Stand up America, compared her actions to the likes of staunch segregationist George Wallace. \u2014 NBC News , 21 Jan. 2022",
"In his speech, Biden pushed for Democrats voting rights legislation and suggested opponents of the legislation were on the side of historical figures like segregationist Gov. George Wallace and Confederate President Jefferson Davis. \u2014 Lindsay Kornick, Fox News , 14 Jan. 2022"
],
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"first_known_use":{
"1913, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-062726"
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"imperative verb",
"noun",
"verb"
],
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": proceed to what follows without pause":[
"\u2014 used as a direction in music"
],
": perform the music that follows like that which has preceded":[
"\u2014 used as a direction in music"
],
": to proceed without pause from one musical number or theme to another":[],
": to make a transition without interruption from one activity, topic, scene, or part to another":[
"segued smoothly into the next story"
],
": a transition made without pause or interruption : the act or an instance of segueing (see segue entry 2 )":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8se-(\u02cc)gw\u0101",
"\u02c8s\u0101-"
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"examples":[
"Verb",
"Then he quickly segues into the dangers of being too hard on cops who make an honest mistake. That turns out to be the moral of the story, the perils of politics intruding on the job. \u2014 Ted Conover , New York Times Book Review , 18 Apr. 2004",
"As the Klamath Mountains segue into the Coast Range, moist Pacific air creeps up the river valley in cottony mists. \u2014 Bruce Barcott , Mother Jones , May\u2013June 2003",
"But for casual acquaintances, keep your response brief. Just say \"I'm happy for him,\" and segue into another topic. \u2014 Kitty Flynn , Cosmopolitan , December 2000",
"She quickly segued to the next topic.",
"The band smoothly segued from one song to the next.",
"In the movie, a shot of the outside of the house segued neatly to a shot of the family inside the house.",
"Noun",
"The evening news continued, a fast segue into a promo for that night's showcase program, an inquiry into the sources of the civic genius of Bonaparte \u2026 \u2014 Ward Just , Forgetfulness , (2006) 2007",
"Making a smooth segue into foreign policy, he offered a nuanced assessment of Russia's acting President Vladimir Putin as \"showing signs of pragmatism,\" but added, correctly, that \"anyone who tells you they have Putin figured out is blowing smoke.\" \u2014 James Carney , Time , 21 Feb. 2000",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Imperative verb",
"The doc uses them to segue into another one of its key themes: narrative framing. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 20 June 2022",
"Littman plans to segue into his own production company. \u2014 Cynthia Littleton, Variety , 2 June 2022",
"Uncertainties near the 18th will segue into strong moves that take you far from the 22nd to the 25th. \u2014 Katharine Merlin, Town & Country , 16 May 2022",
"Her hair is a masterclass on how to segue into gray in an ultra-chic way. \u2014 Hannah Coates, Vogue , 25 Mar. 2022",
"The first turning point that led to the current environment for Vocalo-P creators to segue into the J-pop mainstream was in 2009. \u2014 Billboard Japan, Billboard , 9 Mar. 2022",
"That will now segue from Malaga to San Sebasti\u00e1n and take in an event outside Spain, targeting Eastern Europe and Asia. \u2014 John Hopewell, Variety , 11 Feb. 2022",
"Then segue into how the pandemic is hurting your company, too. \u2014 Rohit Arora, Forbes , 31 Jan. 2022",
"With Min joining, Rushfield will segue to editorial director and chief columnist. \u2014 Elizabeth Wagmeister, Variety , 16 Dec. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The doc uses them to segue into another one of its key themes: narrative framing. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 20 June 2022",
"Uncertainties near the 18th will segue into strong moves that take you far from the 22nd to the 25th. \u2014 Katharine Merlin, Town & Country , 16 May 2022",
"Her hair is a masterclass on how to segue into gray in an ultra-chic way. \u2014 Hannah Coates, Vogue , 25 Mar. 2022",
"The first turning point that led to the current environment for Vocalo-P creators to segue into the J-pop mainstream was in 2009. \u2014 Billboard Japan, Billboard , 9 Mar. 2022",
"That will now segue from Malaga to San Sebasti\u00e1n and take in an event outside Spain, targeting Eastern Europe and Asia. \u2014 John Hopewell, Variety , 11 Feb. 2022",
"Then segue into how the pandemic is hurting your company, too. \u2014 Rohit Arora, Forbes , 31 Jan. 2022",
"With Min joining, Rushfield will segue to editorial director and chief columnist. \u2014 Elizabeth Wagmeister, Variety , 16 Dec. 2021",
"In one of the biggest awards, four features in post production are chosen to segue from Santiago Industria to the Cannes Film Market as part of a Sanfic Goes to Cannes showcase. \u2014 John Hopewell, Variety , 5 Nov. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"At Factory ZERO in Detroit and Hamtramck, GM has been building its 2022 GMC Hummer EV pickup, a new EV that is crucial to GM's segue to go all-electric by 2035. \u2014 Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press , 30 June 2022",
"And some research indicates that nicotine use could harm brain development or segue into traditional cigarette use. \u2014 Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
"And since these younger Gen Z audiences may also be the first ones to jump into the metaverse, virtual influencers could also offer a nice segue into this new digital universe for brands. \u2014 Rafael Schwarz, Forbes , 23 May 2022",
"Now, time for the most ridiculous segue in the history of TML. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 25 May 2022",
"The escalation from ballad to heart-pumper is deft, with a lone synth note the perfect segue from teasing to demanding. \u2014 Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY , 17 May 2022",
"Light colors, like classic neutrals and pretty pastels, are the perfect segue into summer\u2019s brights and bolds. \u2014 Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter , 24 Mar. 2022",
"It is intended to boost the brand's sales and start Cadillac's segue to an all-electric lineup by 2030. \u2014 Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press , 21 Mar. 2022",
"After the heartbreaking video, the leader shifted his appeal to English \u2014 a segue that drew us in further. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Italian, there follows, from seguire to follow, from Latin sequi \u2014 more at sue":"Imperative verb, Verb, and Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1740, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Imperative verb",
"circa 1913, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
"circa 1937, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-070830"
},
"segmentalization":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the act or process of segmentalizing or the state of being segmentalized":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"seg\u02ccment\u1d4al\u0259\u0307\u02c8z\u0101sh\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-113458"
},
"segmental phoneme":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": one of the phonemes (as \\k, a, t\\ in cat, tack, act ) of a language that can be assigned to a relative sequential order of minimal segments \u2014 compare suprasegmental phoneme":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-134737"
},
"segregable":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": capable of being segregated":[
"these principles involve the concept of segregable units of heredity",
"\u2014 H. H. Laughlin"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8segr\u0259\u0307g\u0259b\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin segreg are to segregate + English -able":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-150506"
},
"seguidilla":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a Spanish dance with many regional variations":[],
": the music for such a dance":[],
": a Spanish stanza of four or seven short partly assonant verses":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccse-g\u0259-\u02c8d\u0113-y\u0259",
"-\u02c8d\u0113l-y\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Spanish, diminutive of seguida , a dance, literally, sequence, from seguido , past participle of seguir to follow, from Latin sequi":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1763, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-165018"
},
"segreant":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": having the wings expanded":[
"\u2014 used of a griffin or wyvern which is assumed to be rampant unless preceded by an adjective denoting a different position a griffin segreant a griffin passant segreant"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8segr\u0113\u0259nt"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"origin unknown":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-212813"
},
"Segovia":{
"type":[
"biographical name",
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"Andr\u00e9s 1893\u20131987 Spanish guitarist and composer":[],
"\u2014 see coco":[],
"province of north central Spain in Old Castile area 2683 square miles (6949 square kilometers), population 163,171":[],
"commune northwest of Madrid; capital of the province of Segovia population 54,309":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"s\u0259-",
"s\u0101-\u02c8g\u014d-vy\u0259",
"-v\u0113-\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-234952"
},
"sego lily":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a mariposa lily ( Calochortus nuttallii ) of western North America having mostly white or in some areas mostly yellow flowers mottled with a darker color":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u0113-(\u02cc)g\u014d-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Meinking\u2019s original design featured a white sego lily flower on a blue triangular background, while Kennedy-Yoon\u2019s design featured a hexagonal honeybee on a white and blue background. \u2014 Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune , 24 Sep. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"sego the bulb of the sego lily, from Southern Paiute si\u03b3o\u0294o":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1913, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-010433"
},
"segmental organ":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": nephridium":[],
": an embryonic excretory organ of a vertebrate whether a pronephros, mesonephros, or metanephros":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-015319"
},
"segmented seed":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a cut or sheared section of a beet seed ball usually containing a single seed for planting":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"from past participle of segment entry 2":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-060314"
},
"segment gear":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": segment rack":[],
": sector gear":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"segment entry 1":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-083757"
},
"segment-headed":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": topped by a segmental arch":[
"a segment-headed window"
]
},
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"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-125356"
},
"segmentize":{
"type":[
"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":{
": segmentalize":[
"segmentize production into unit tasks",
"\u2014 Jackson Martindell",
"sectarian programs segmentize the community",
"\u2014 H. J. Whiting",
"has been so segmentized that he has lost the concept of life as a basic unity",
"\u2014 Harry Schacter"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8segm\u0259n\u2027\u02cct\u012bz"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"segment entry 1 + -ize":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-130142"
},
"segno":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u0101n-(\u02cc)y\u014d"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Italian, sign, from Latin signum \u2014 more at sign":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1908, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-133348"
},
"segmentalize":{
"type":[
"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to divide or separate into segments":[
"our larger segmentalized and confused mass society",
"\u2014 Kimball Young",
"introduces experimentally the concept of wholes in place of segmentalized thinking and acting",
"\u2014 H. A. Dobbs"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"seg\u02c8ment\u1d4al\u02cc\u012bz"
],
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"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"segmental + -ize":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-203633"
},
"segment saw":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a saw that consists of a tapered metal flange with several steel segments fastened along its periphery and that is designed for cutting veneer with a small kerf":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-022858"
},
"segment rack":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a curved rack":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-031239"
}
}