Meaning of खंड in English

One of the parts into which any body naturally separates or is divided; a part divided or cut off; a section; a portion; as, a segment of an orange; a segment of a compound or divided leaf.
A part cut off from a figure by a line or plane; especially, that part of a circle contained between a chord and an arc of that circle, or so much of the circle as is cut off by the chord; as, the segment acb in the Illustration.
A piece in the form of the sector of a circle, or part of a ring; as, the segment of a sectional fly wheel or flywheel rim.
A segment gear.
One of the cells or division formed by segmentation, as in egg cleavage or in fissiparous cell formation.
One of the divisions, rings, or joints into which many animal bodies are divided; a somite; a metamere; a somatome.
To divide or separate into parts in growth; to undergo segmentation, or cleavage, as in the segmentation of the ovum.
White lead, used as a pigment. See White lead, under White.
A cosmetic containing white lead.
The native carbonate of lead.
Serving to restrain or limit; restraining; opposing.
Exercising restraint as to the indulgence of desires or passions; temperate; moderate.
Abstaining from sexual intercourse; exercising restraint upon the sexual appetite; esp., abstaining from illicit sexual intercourse; chaste.
Not interrupted; connected; continuous; as, a continent fever.
That which contains anything; a receptacle.
One of the grand divisions of land on the globe; the main land; specifically (Phys. Geog.), a large body of land differing from an island, not merely in its size, but in its structure, which is that of a large basin bordered by mountain chains; as, the continent of North America.
Of or pertaining to a continent.
Of or pertaining to the main land of Europe, in distinction from the adjacent islands, especially England; as, a continental tour; a continental coalition.
Of or pertaining to the confederated colonies collectively, in the time of the Revolutionary War; as, Continental money.
A soldier in the Continental army, or a piece of the Continental currency. See Continental, a., 3.