Adjective: segmental seg'men-t(u)l
- (linguistics) divided or organized into speech segments or isolable speech sounds
"The segmental phonemes of English include consonants and vowels"
- (zoology) having the body divided into successive metameres or segments, as in earthworms or lobsters
"The segmental structure of the earthworm allows for efficient movement through soil";
- metameric, segmented
See also: divided