1. A part or section that has been separated or disconnected from a larger whole
The detached segment of the manuscript was found in the archive.
O segmento destacado do manuscrito foi encontrado no arquivo.
2. In biology or medicine, a portion of tissue or organism that has become separated
The detached segment of the retina required immediate surgical attention.
O segmento destacado da retina exigiu atenção cirúrgica imediata.
3. In linguistics or text analysis, an isolated portion of text or speech
Each detached segment was analyzed for grammatical structure.
Cada segmento destacado foi analisado quanto à estrutura gramatical.