Meaning & use
intersegmental
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Meanings
adjectivebefore a nounbiologytechnical
Located or happening between segments, which are the repeated parts of an animal's body or of the spine.
Grammar: Used before a noun in anatomy and biology: intersegmental muscles.
Patterns
- intersegmental muscle
- intersegmental joint
The earthworm uses intersegmental muscles to move its body forward.
Small intersegmental joints allow the spine to bend.
The scientist studied the intersegmental connections of the insect's nervous system.
adjectivebefore a nountechnical
Linking separate segments of a larger system, such as the public college and university sectors in a state.
Grammar: Appears in education policy writing, often as 'intersegmental cooperation'.
Patterns
- intersegmental cooperation
- intersegmental council
A new intersegmental committee will help students transfer between colleges.
Intersegmental planning keeps courses consistent across the colleges.
The report praised intersegmental cooperation between community colleges and universities.
Common combinations
- intersegmental muscle
- Each intersegmental muscle links neighbouring body segments.
- intersegmental movement
- The study measured intersegmental movement of the spine.
- intersegmental cooperation
- Intersegmental cooperation helps students move between schools.
- intersegmental committee
- An intersegmental committee reviewed the transfer rules.
Synonyms and how they differ
- between-segment
- This hyphenated form says the same thing in plain language but is not used as a formal term.
- intervertebral
- Intervertebral is narrower and refers only to the spaces or joints between vertebrae, not segments in general.
Opposites
Word family
- segment noun
- one of the parts into which something is divided
- segmental adjective
- relating to or made of segments
- segmentation noun
- the division of something into parts
- segment verb
- to divide into parts
Commonly confused: intersegmental or intrasegmental?
intersegmental vs intrasegmental
Intrasegmental means within a single segment, while intersegmental means between segments.
Practice
Muscles that connect one body segment of an earthworm to the next are called ___ muscles.
Choose one answer.
'Intersegmental' means between segments, which fits muscles linking adjacent segments. 'Intrasegmental' would mean inside a single segment.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “intersegmental”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.