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Segmental

adjective

Divided or organized into speech segments or isolable speech sounds.

Having the body divided into successive metameres or segments, as in earthworms or lobsters. Synonyms: metameric, segmented.

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... could arch over with brickwork. And I believe the bridge which carries the G.W.R. over the Thames at Maidenhead has the widest arch he or any other engineer has successfully erected in brick. This arch has, it is stated, a span of 128 ft. It is segmental, the radius being 169 ft., and the rise from springing to crown 24 ft., and the depth of the arch 5 ft. 3 in. Nowadays, of course, no one would dream of anything but an iron girder bridge in such a position. Mr. Brunel's father, when he constructed the Thames ...

— Scientific American Supplement, No. 601, July 9, 1887 • Various

Words linked to "Segmental" : zoology, zoological science, linguistics, segmental arch, divided