segmented

adjective

seg·​ment·​ed ˈseg-ˌmen-təd 

seg-ˈmen-təd

: divided into or composed of segments or sections

segmented worms

Examples of segmented in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

While Factor's meals are generally enjoyable and reasonably tasty—for whatever reason, the dishes tending toward Mexican food seemed to be better than the rest—there's just no denying that eating food out of segmented plastic tray is, um, uninspiring. —Scott Gilbertson, Wired News, 26 Feb. 2026

That combination of features — translucent body, segmented frame, protruding teeth, up to 11 claws and enlarged thoracic spines — made the organism distinct enough to warrant an entirely new genus. —Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2026

Their segmented bodies merged and contracted, so that the brown patterning on their backs seemed to shimmer in the light. —Blair Braverman, Outside, 21 Jan. 2026

The empire relied heavily on accounting systems to manage labor, and the segmented, numerical layout of the Band of Holes would have lent itself to tracking these sorts of transactions. —New Atlas, 21 Dec. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1854, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for segmented

• assented
• augmented
• cemented
• consented
• contented
• demented
• dissented
• fermented
• indented
• invented
• lamented
• presented

Medical Definition

segmented

adjective

seg·​ment·​ed ˈseg-ˌment-əd, seg-ˈ 

1

: having or made up of segments

2

: being a cell in which the nucleus is divided into lobes connected by a fine filament

segmented neutrophils