segmental

seg·men·tal

S0217500 (sĕg-mĕn′tl)adj.1. Of or relating to segments.2. Divided or organized into segments.3. Architecture Of or being an arch in the form of a circular arc of less than 180 degrees.

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seg·men′tal·ly adv.

segmental

(sɛɡˈmɛntəl) adj1. of, like, or having the form of a segment2. divided into segments3. (Phonetics & Phonology) linguistics of, relating to, or constituting an isolable speech sound segˈmentally adv

seg•men•tal

(sɛgˈmɛn tl)

adj. 1. of, pertaining to, or characterized by segments or segmentation. 2. noting or pertaining to the discrete elements of sequential speech, as consonants and vowels. [1810–20] seg•men′tal•ly, adv.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	segmental - divided or organized into speech segments or isolable speech soundslinguistics - the scientific study of languagedivided - separated into parts or pieces; "opinions are divided"
	2.	segmental - having the body divided into successive metameres or segments, as in earthworms or lobstersmetameric, segmentedzoological science, zoology - the branch of biology that studies animalsdivided - separated into parts or pieces; "opinions are divided"