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Angles met obliquely in parts
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segmental
Word definitions for segmental in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. divided or organized into speech segments or isolable speech sounds having the body divided into successive metameres or segments, as in earthworms or lobsters [syn: metameric , segmented ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Segmental \Seg*men"tal\, a. Relating to, or being, a segment. (Anat. & Zo["o]l.) Of or pertaining to the segments of animals; as, a segmental duct; segmental papill[ae]. Of or pertaining to the segmental organs. Segmental duct (Anat.), the primitive duct ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1816, from segment (n.) + -al (1).
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. of, relating to, or constructed from segments
Usage examples of segmental.
The rock near the shaft contained many wet rusty seams, and settlement was detected in the segmental tunnel timbering soon after the widening of the heading was completed.
After the masonry had hardened, piers were built on the arches to support the segmental timbers.
Also, we should be seeing somites, the segmental blocks from which muscle and connective tissue would ultimately form, but we do not.