multisectionaladj.
/ˌmʌltɪˈsɛkʃn̩(ə)l/, /ˌmʌltɪˈsɛkʃən(ə)l/, U.S. /ˌməltiˈsɛkʃən(ə)l/, /ˌməltiˈsɛkʃn(ə)l/; see also multi- comb. form. Having more than one section or part.
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1928 Sci. Monthly 26 380/2 This cascade or multisectional system promises to let us build vacuum discharge tubes for as high voltages as we can produce.
1976 D. Munrow Instruments Middle Ages & Renaissance i. 81/1 Unlike the older style citterns,..this instrument was a totally redesigned and ‘modernized’ multi-sectional construction.
1992 Jrnl. Oral & Maxillofacial Surg. 50 2 Three-dimensional multisectional computer reconstructions were made of 2 autopsy specimens.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1928- pleasurecrazed
- pleasurecrowded
- pleasured
- pleasuredrome
- pleasurefeeling
- pleasureful
- pleasuregiving
- pleasuregreedy
- pleasurehater
- pleasurehood
- pleasureland
- pleasureless
- pleasurelessly
- pleasureloving
- pleasuremad
- pleasurement
- pleasureminded
- pleasuremonger
- pleasurepain
- pleasureplat
- pleasurer
- pleasurers
- pleasures
- pleasures of the flesh
- pleasures of the table