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A length of some object.

One of the parts into which any body naturally separates or is divided; a part divided or cut off; a section; a portion. +

(mathematics) A portion. (Shapes)

A straight path between two points that is the shortest distance between them; a line segment.

(geometry) The part of a circle between its circumference and a chord (usually other than the diameter).

(geometry) The part of a sphere cut off by a plane.

(topology) Any of the pieces that constitute an order tree.

(science) A portion.

(phonology) A discrete unit of speech: a consonant or a vowel.

(botany) A portion of an organ whose cells are derived from a single cell within the primordium from which the organ developed.

(zoology) One of several parts of an organism, with similar structure, arranged in a chain; such as a vertebra, or a third of an insect's thorax.

(broadcasting) A part of a broadcast program, devoted to a topic.

(computing) An Ethernet bus.

(computing) A region of memory or a fragment of an executable file designated to contain a particular part of a program.

(travel) A portion of an itinerary: it may be a flight or train between two cities, or a car or hotel booked in a particular city.

To divide into segments or sections.