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sectionalize

[sek-shuh-nl-ahyz]

verb (used with object), sec·tion·al·ized, sec·tion·al·iz·ing.

to render sectional.

to divide into sections, especially geographical sections.

Also, especially British, sec·tion·al·ise.

Origin:
1850–55; sectional + -ize

Related forms

sec·tion·al·i·za·tion, noun

un·sec·tion·al·ized, adjective

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sectionalize or sectionalise (ˈsɛkʃənəˌlaɪz)

—vb
1.	to render sectional
2.	to divide into sections, esp geographically

sectionalise or sectionalise

—vb

sectionalization or sectionalise

—n

sectionalisation or sectionalise

—n

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