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Section
ˈsɛkʃn
- any of the more or less distinct parts into which something is or may be divided or from which it is made up
"I unscrewed every section of copper pipe, from the roof tank to the hot-water cylinder"
segment part component division piece portion length element module unit constituent bit slice fraction fragment- a relatively distinct part of a book, newspaper, statute, or other document
"the New York Times business section"
- a measure of land, equal to one square mile
- a particular district of a town
"a residential section of the capital"
- a building plot
- a distinct group within a larger body of people or things
"the non-parliamentary section of the party"
- a group of players of a family of instruments within an orchestra
"the brass section"
- a specified military unit
"a GHQ Signals Section"
- a subdivision of an army platoon
- a secondary taxonomic category, especially a subgenus
- the cutting of a solid by or along a plane
- the shape resulting from cutting a solid along a plane
"nails of round section"
- a representation of the internal structure of something as if it has been cut through vertically or horizontally
"a section of face, showing the position of the organs of speech"
- a separation by cutting
- a thin slice of plant or animal tissue prepared for microscopic examination
- divide into sections
"she began to section the grapefruit"
- separate an area from a larger one
"parts of the curved balcony had been sectioned off with wrought-iron grilles"
- cut (animal or plant tissue) into thin slices for microscopic examination
"the specimens were embedded and serially sectioned"
- divide by cutting
"it is common veterinary practice to section the nerves to the hoof of a limping horse"
- commit (someone) compulsorily to a psychiatric hospital in accordance with a section of a mental health act
"should she be sectioned and forced back into hospital?"