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a slice deciding it's important enough to deserve its own name

means A part into which something is or can be divided, especially one of several distinct sections that make up a whole.

from From Latin 'segmentum,' meaning a piece cut offbuilt from the verb 'secare,' 'to cut,' the same blade that carves out 'section,' 'sector,' and 'dissect.' So a segment is, quite literally, a cutting: a piece sheared away from the larger mass and counted on its own.

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orange logiceach wedge is one swollen juice-filled hair-cell sac
latin rootfrom secare, to cut, kin to scissors
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film fameinsects' bodies are textbook three-segment design
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