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segmentary, a.|sɛgˈmɛntərɪ|
[f. segment n. + -ary. Cf. F. segmentaire.]
1. Of the nature of or resembling a segment or an arc of a circle; segmental.
1853Kane Grinnell Exp. xxxv. (1856) 314 Clouds, assuming a segmentary or arch-like form. Ibid. 321 Attracting attention by..its well-defined segmentary character.
2. Pertaining to segments or divisions; composed of segments. Cf. segment n. 4 b.
1898Syd. Soc. Lex., Segmentary, made up of segments. 1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VIII. 99 Such a segmentary anæsthesia could not be produced by lesion of either the cord nerve-roots, or nerve-trunks. 1940E. E. Evans-Pritchard in Fortes & Evans-Pritchard Afr. Polit. Systems 284 Fission and fusion are two aspects of the same segmentary principle. 1957V. W. Turner Schism & Continuity in Afr. Soc. x. 291 Overlapping of territorial and kinship groupings such as one finds in segmentary societies. 1977Hunter & Whitten Stud. Cultural Anthrop. xviii. 396/1 Like other Bedouin tribes, Mutayr have what is called a segmentary tribal structure. |