Szakasz

szakasz is a Hungarian noun meaning section, segment, phase, stretch, or period. It denotes a distinct portion of something that lies between two boundaries or endpoints.

In everyday language, szakasz can refer to a part of a text, a stage of a process, a stretch of road or a railway segment, or a time interval. In mathematics and geometry, a szakasz denotes a segment of a line bounded by two endpoints; more broadly, it can refer to a portion of a curve or other geometric object. The sense is one of subdivision and delimitation within a larger whole.

The term is widely used across domains: in infrastructure planning to describe a particular stretch of a route; in project management to denote a phase; in writing or editing to indicate a portion of prose; and in computing or programming to describe a code block or functional segment. In Hungarian, szakasz is often combined with numerals to indicate order, for example első szakasz (the first section/phase) and második szakasz (the second).

Etymology: the word is native to Hungarian and functions as a general term for a subdivided part of something. It is a versatile term found in technical, literary, and everyday contexts. See also: segment, section, phase, interval.