section, segment -- (one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object; "a section of a fishing rod"; "metal sections were used below ground"; "finished the final segment of the road")
segment -- (one of the parts into which something naturally divides; "a segment of an orange")
Overview of verb segment
The verb segment has 2 senses
segment, section -- (divide into segments; "segment an orange"; "segment a compound word")
segment -- (divide or split up; "The cells segmented")