line segment

noun

A part of a straight line bounded by two points.

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Meanings

nounline segment (plural line segments)

plural line segments

  1. geometryA part of a straight line bounded by two points.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
linesegment

Translations

Catalan segment
  • segmentpart of a line
Chinese Mandarin 綫段 /线段
  • 綫段 /线段 (xiànduàn)part of a line
Czech úsečka
  • úsečkapart of a line
Danish linjestykke
  • linjestykkepart of a line
Dutch lijnstuk
  • lijnstukpart of a line
Esperanto streko
  • strekopart of a line
Finnish jana
  • janapart of a line
French segment de droite
  • segment de droitepart of a line
German Strecke
  • Streckepart of a line
Hungarian szakasz
  • szakaszpart of a line
Icelandic strik, línustrik
  • strikpart of a line
  • línustrikpart of a line
Italian segmento
  • segmentopart of a line
Japanese 線分
  • 線分 (senbun)part of a line
Persian پارهخط
  • پارهخط (pâre-xat)part of a line
Polish odcinek
  • odcinekpart of a line
Portuguese segmento
  • segmentopart of a line
Romanian segment de dreaptă, segment
  • segment de dreaptăpart of a line
  • segmentpart of a line
Russian отре́зок
  • отре́зок (otrézok)part of a line
Spanish segmento
  • segmentopart of a line
Swedish sträcka
  • sträckapart of a line
Tagalog putol ng guhit
  • putol ng guhitpart of a line
Tamil கோட்டுத்துண்டு
  • கோட்டுத்துண்டு (kōṭṭuttuṇṭu)part of a line
Thai ส่วนของเส้นตรง
  • ส่วนของเส้นตรง (sùuan-kɔ̌ɔng-sên-dtrong)part of a line
Vietnamese đoạn thẳng
  • đoạn thẳngpart of a line
Cite this entry
APA

line segment. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/line%20segment

MLA

“line segment.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/line%20segment. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “line segment,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/line%20segment.

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