The phrase "a random segment" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to an arbitrary or unspecified part of something, often in contexts like data analysis, discussions about media, or any situation where a portion is selected without a specific criterion.
Example: "For our analysis, we will examine a random segment of the dataset to ensure our findings are representative."
Alternatives: "an arbitrary section" or "a selected portion".
Rather than using a nine-minute ring tone or a random segment of the song, I opened Ringer's excellent editing mechanism, which features a sliding window.
One of the samples was synthesized using the proposed similarity-controlled segment shuffling, and the other one was synthesized using a random segment shuffling approach.
The mutation operator for GPRM first chooses a random segment from the motif.
Deletions, translocations (either moving or duplicating a random segment into the bin), inversions and tandem duplications are simulated with equal probability.
A read of size ℓ from a transcript is a random segment of size ℓ taken from the transcript sequence generated using the reference DNA.
For half-cousins, for example, the expected segment length is 21.7 cM for a chromosome of 1.632 M (see Results regarding approximations to sampling distributions), implying an approximately 7% chance of missing a random segment using SNPs, slightly less for closer relatives or using sequence data.
The MITI is a behavioural coding system that assesses how well a practitioner adheres to the spirit of MI by coding a 20-minute random segment of the consultation on global scores on evocation, collaboration, autonomy, direction and empathy and behaviour counts on questions, reflections and MI adherent and non-adherent communication.
In the test, two samples were presented to test subjects: a reference sample synthesized by random segment shuffling and a sample synthesized by similarity-controlled segment shuffling.
Morphometric analyses allow to separately investigate several sources of phenotypic variation along a segmented body axis, like constitutive and random segment heteronomy, both within and among individuals.
In the second stage, we divided the EA into segments of approximately 30 60 households and randomly selected a segment by using a personal digital assistant (PDA, Dell Axim X50s; Dell Inc., Austin, TX) with a specially designed program for random segment selection developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The words start from a random loop segment and read clockwise or counterclockwise (although always in the tail-to-head direction, which is important later).
