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section
[ sek-shuhn ]
noun
- a part that is cut off or separated.
- a distinct part or subdivision of anything, as an object, country, community, class, or the like: the left section of a drawer.
the members' section of a golf course;
the left section of a drawer.
- a distinct part or subdivision of a writing, as of a newspaper, legal code, chapter, etc.: section 2 of the bylaws.
the financial section of a daily paper;
section 2 of the bylaws.
- one of a number of parts that can be fitted together to make a whole:
sections of a fishing rod.
- (in most of the United States west of Ohio) one of the 36 numbered subdivisions, each one square mile (2.59 sq. km or 640 acres), of a township.
- an act or instance of cutting; separation by cutting.
- Surgery.
- the making of an incision.
- an incision.
- a thin slice of a tissue, mineral, or the like, as for microscopic examination.
- a representation of an object as it would appear if cut by a plane, showing its internal structure.
- Military.
- a small unit consisting of two or more squads.
- Also called staff section. any of the subdivisions of a staff.
- a small tactical division in naval and air units.
- Railroads.
- a division of a sleeping car containing both an upper and a lower berth.
- a length of trackage, roadbed, signal equipment, etc., maintained by one crew.
- any of two or more trains, buses, or the like, running on the same route and schedule at the same time, one right behind the other, and considered as one unit, as when a second is necessary to accommodate more passengers than the first can carry:
On holidays the New York to Boston train runs in three sections.
- a segment of a naturally segmented fruit, as of an orange or grapefruit.
- a division of an orchestra or band containing all the instruments of one class: the string section.
a rhythm section;
the string section.
- Bookbinding. signature ( def 8 ).
- Also called section mark. a mark used to indicate a subdivision of a book, chapter, or the like, or as a mark of reference to a footnote.
- Theater. one of a series of circuits for controlling certain lights, as footlights.
verb (used with object)
- to cut or divide into sections.
- to cut through so as to present a section.
- Surgery. to make an incision.
section
/ ˈsɛkʃən /
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
- an area one mile square (640 acres) in a public survey, esp in the western parts of the US and Canada
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Also calledsignaturegatheringgatherquire a folded printing sheet or sheets ready for gathering and binding
verb
- 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)
- social welfare to have (a mentally disturbed person) confined in a mental hospital under an appropriate section of the mental health legislation
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- half-section noun
- multi·section adjective
- un·sectioned adjective
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Origin of section1
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Example Sentences
A few weeks after returning from England, I was trolling the dairy section and came across the Cotswold Double Gloucester.
His section on why he and his wife split—he essentially chose soccer over her—would be risky if its candor were not so refreshing.
There is a brutally honest section of the book about how you fell out of love with your wife, and essentially chose soccer.
And then, on one recent morning, the train made a stop at a small station near an especially beautiful section of the river.
Manttan is keen to carry out research on that Burmese side of the railway as his father worked on that section.
In cross-section the burrows varied from round (three inches in diameter) to oval (three inches high and four inches wide).
He made no further remark as they descended the darker section of the stair, and she could think of nothing to say to him.
Then he goes out, gits into his Pullman section, blows his punkin whistle and departs.
Nearly all the translating words given in this section so far are synthetic.
The book is divided into sections, each section being called 'A Reason.'
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