section (ˈsɛkʃən
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Definitions
noun
- a part cut off or separated from the main body of something
- a part or subdivision of a piece of writing, book, etc ⇒
the sports section of the newspaper
- one of several component parts
- a distinct part or subdivision of a country, community, etc
- US Canadian an area one mile square (640 acres) in a public survey, esp in the western parts of the US and Canada
- New Zealand a plot of land for building on, esp in a suburban area
- the section of a railway track that is maintained by a single crew or is controlled by a particular signal box
- the act or process of cutting or separating by cutting
- a representation of a portion of a building or object exposed when cut by an imaginary vertical plane so as to show its construction and interior
- geometry
- a plane surface formed by cutting through a solid
- the shape or area of such a plane surface Compare cross section (sense 1)
- surgery any procedure involving the cutting or division of an organ, structure, or part, such as a Caesarian section
- a thin slice of biological tissue, mineral, etc, prepared for examination by a microscope
- a segment of an orange or other citrus fruit
- a small military formation, typically comprising two or more squads or aircraft
- Australian New Zealand a fare stage on a bus, tram, etc
- music
- an extended division of a composition or movement that forms a coherent part of the structure ⇒
the development section
- a division in an orchestra, band, etc, containing instruments belonging to the same class ⇒
the brass section
- signaturegatheringgatherquirea folded printing sheet or sheets ready for gathering and binding
verb (tr)
- to cut or divide into sections
- to cut through so as to reveal a section
- (in drawing, esp mechanical drawing) to shade so as to indicate sections
- surgery to cut or divide (an organ, structure, or part)
- British social welfare to have (a mentally disturbed person) confined in a mental hospital under an appropriate section of the mental health legislation
Word Origin
C16: from Latin sectiō, from secāre to cut
Synonyms
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part,
piece,
portion,
division,
sample,
slice,
passage,
component,
segment,
fragment,
fraction,
instalment,
cross section,
subdivision,
