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sectionalize, v.|ˈsɛkʃənəlaɪz| [f. sectional a. + -ize.] 1. trans. To divide into sections. Chiefly as ˈsectionalized pa. pple. and ppl. a.; also ˈsectionalizing vbl. n.
1854Blackw. Mag. LXXV. 87 Is man really so unlike as a whole, so necessarily subdivided and sectionalised? 1907Daily Chron. 9 Apr. 3/6 In my district [sc. in the Upper Congo] there is no such thing as ‘unoccupied land’... It is impossible to find a..stream which is not sectionalised for the use of specific communities. 1908Install. News II. 73/2 The catalogue is, as far as practicable, sectionalised not only to facilitate reference, but often because customers are more interested in one particular section than another. 1937Discovery Nov. 360/1 A sectionalised enquiry into the bases of photographic construction. 1957Practical Wireless XXXIII. 357/3 (Advt.), Sectionalised windings ensure low leakage inductance and brilliant top note response. 1965J. Bingham Fragment of Fear iv. 67 Luckily I have a sectionalised mind, and my thoughts were now on Juliet. 1976Gramophone Sept. 506/1 It will be seen from the accompanying sectionalized photo..that there are two magnetic gaps. 1977Ibid. Feb. 1343/3 By intelligent sectionalizing, it has been possible to produce modules which can be tested and proved individually before incoporation. 2. To render sectional.
1890–1A. M. Fairbairn Cathol. Rom. & Angl. (1899) 317 The resolute antagonist of those Catholic schemes that so laboured to sectionalize the church he loved. 1971Nature 7 May 2/1 In the event..the foundation may have been lumbered with a number of vested interests which will sectionalize its proceedings. |