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segmental

Syllabification: (seg·men·tal)
Pronunciation: /segˈmen(t)l/
Definition of segmental

adjective

  • 1composed of separate parts or sections.
  • Phonetics denoting or relating to the division of speech into segments.
  • 2 Architecture denoting or of the form of an arch the curved part of which forms a shallow arc of a circle, less than a semicircle.

Derivatives

segmentalization

noun

segmentalize

Pronunciation: /-ˌīz/
verb

segmentally

adverb

segmental in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of segmental in the British & World English dictionary
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