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Segmental

adjective
1.
Divided or organized into speech segments or isolable speech sounds.
2.
Having the body divided into successive metameres or segments, as in earthworms or lobsters.  Synonyms: metameric, segmented.



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"Segmental" Quotes from Famous Books



... 12th century rooms were warmed entirely by a hypocaust, or with braziers, or by fires on the hearth, the smoke finding its way up to a lantern in the roof. The earliest chimneypiece known is that in the King's House at Southampton, with Norman shafts in the joints carrying a segmental arch, which is attributed to the first half of the 12th century. At a later date, in consequence of the greater width of the fireplace, flat or segmental arches were thrown across and constructed with voussoirs, sometimes joggled, ...
— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 - "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" • Various


Words linked to "Segmental" :   zoology, linguistics, divided, zoological science, metameric


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