段 — meaning in English

English meaning

• excerpt noun A short passage taken from a longer book, film, speech or piece of music and presented on its own.
• fragment noun A small broken-off piece of something larger.
• indentation noun A dent, notch, or inward curve in a surface or edge.
• paragraph noun A distinct section of writing, usually several sentences long, dealing with a single idea and starting on a new line.

Senses

段 is used for these senses in English:

• circular segment (geometry) A region of a circle bounded by an arc and the chord connecting the endpoints of the arc.
• fragment A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part, either physically or not
• indentation (typography) The act of beginning a line or series of lines at a little distance within the flush line of the column or page, as in the common way of beginning the first line of a paragraph.
• paragraph A passage in text that starts on a new line, the first line sometimes being indented, and usually marks a change of topic.

excerpt — full definition

1. noun A short passage taken from a longer book, film, speech or piece of music and presented on its own.
2. verb To take a passage out of a longer work in order to quote or publish it separately.

fragment — full definition

1. noun A small broken-off piece of something larger.
2. verb To break into pieces, or to split apart.