nonsegmented
|non-seg-ment-ed|
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/ˌnɑnˈsɛɡmən.tɪd/
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/ˌnɒnˈsɛɡmən.tɪd/
not divided into parts
Etymology
'nonsegmented' originates from Modern English, formed by the prefix 'non-' meaning 'not' and the past participle 'segmented', itself from the verb 'segment'.
'segment' comes from Latin 'segmentum' (a cut-off piece), from 'secare' meaning 'to cut'; it entered English via medieval Latin/Old French and produced the adjective/participle 'segmented', to which the productive negative prefix 'non-' was added in Modern English to form 'nonsegmented'.
Initially, 'segment' referred to a 'cut-off piece' or 'part cut off'; over time it came to mean 'a division or section', so 'segmented' meant 'divided into segments' and 'nonsegmented' now means 'not divided into segments'.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Adjective 1
not divided into segments or separate parts; lacking segmentation.
The fossil belonged to a nonsegmented worm, unlike many annelids that show clear body segments.
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Adjective 2
not processed into discrete segments (used in technical contexts such as text/audio processing, imaging, or data where segmentation is applied).
The OCR system struggled with nonsegmented text that lacked clear word boundaries.
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Last updated: 2025/09/21 07:55