Segment

In many animals, the body is divided into repeated subunits called segments, such as those in centipedes, insects, and annelid worms. Segmentation is the state of having or ...

segment

Chemistry; Analytical chemistry

A specific, demarcated portion of a lot of a substance that is to be chemically analyzed.

segment

Professional careers; Sales

A sub-sector or market niche, a grouping more narrowly defined and smaller than a sector, a segment can be a horizontal sub-sector across one or more vertical sectors.

antecedent

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An antecedent is a word, phrase or clause that determines what a pronoun that follows refers to.

adjunct

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A type of adverbial indicating the circumstances of the action. Adjuncts may be obligatory or optional. They express such relations as time, place, manner, reason, condition, i.e. ...

lexical item

Language; Grammar

A lexical item is a unit of language representing a particular area of meaning which has a unique pattern of co-occurrence with other lexical items. It cannot always be identified ...

press

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According to Merriam-Webster, when "press" is used in a journalistic context it can refer to "news reporters, publishers, and broadcasters." However, when used as a verb, "press" ...

prefix

Language; Grammar

A prefix consists of letters placed before a word in order to form a new word. Common prefixes in the English language include: un-, dis-, pre-, post-, and en-. For example, the ...

suffix

Language; Grammar

A suffix is a letter or letters added tothe end of a word to modify its meaning. One common suffix is -s or -es, used to change a noun from singular to plural. An example would ...

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Twizy

Twizy is a small two-seat electric city car manufactured in Spain that will be launched in March 2012. There are two versions of this car: the basic ...