Definition of cross-sectional in English:
cross-sectional
adjectivekrɒsˈsɛkʃ(ə)n(ə)l
1Exposed by making a straight cut through a solid form, especially at right angles to an axis.
the cross-sectional area of the wood
Example sentencesExamples
- His installation piece, Dig, edges an open stairwell with a thick cross-sectional layer of faux topsoil and plants, as if the earth were reclaiming the site.
- I concluded that the building's smallest cross-sectional area would have to be located just upwind of the living area and not at the exit opening.
- The many technical difficulties of increasing speed have been overcome by reducing the cross-sectional area of trains to decrease aerodynamic resistance and by reducing the weight of the vehicles.
- Since the sample isn't literally being sliced, we can see cross-sectional views of living cells, tissues, and organisms without harm.
- CAT scan is a computerized x-ray procedure that produces cross-sectional images of the human body.
- The cross-sectional area, or volume, of bone increases with age and training.
- The angled cross-sectional profile of the building appears to bellow or expand outwards.
- The 3D model of the existing structure makes it easy to determine cross-sectional dimensions at any point, in order to highlight areas where additional supports are required.
- Fat thickness was estimated using the cross-sectional image.
- The text includes a cross-sectional image of a female fetus at 65 days of gestation.
2Constituting a typical or representative sample of a larger group.
a cross-sectional survey of high school students
Example sentencesExamples
- The difficulty of evaluating this argument is finding enough cross-sectional data to make valid comparisons.
- The telephone survey used a cross-sectional sample of random-digit telephone listings to identify eligible subjects.
- Cross-sectional comparisons of school district performance should be possible.
- The data for this analysis come from a random sample, cross-sectional survey of Iowa soybean fields.
- This study only examined cross-sectional differences among firms.
- These values are reasonable considering that the data used in the analysis are cross-sectional.
- The authors estimate a cross-sectional wage equation for a set of developing countries for the 1973-1990 period.
- Their work uses cross-sectional county-level data to measure the impact that the concealed weapon law has on violent crime.
- A second issue of concern when using cross-sectional data is sample size.
- The analysis proposed is a cross-sectional study, where the measurements of the independent variables are all in the same period of time (1998-1999).
Definition of cross-sectional in US English:
cross-sectional
adjectiveˌkrôsˈsekSH(ə)n(ə)l
1Exposed by making a straight cut through a solid form, especially at right angles to an axis.
the cross-sectional area of the wood
Example sentencesExamples
- The many technical difficulties of increasing speed have been overcome by reducing the cross-sectional area of trains to decrease aerodynamic resistance and by reducing the weight of the vehicles.
- His installation piece, Dig, edges an open stairwell with a thick cross-sectional layer of faux topsoil and plants, as if the earth were reclaiming the site.
- CAT scan is a computerized x-ray procedure that produces cross-sectional images of the human body.
- The cross-sectional area, or volume, of bone increases with age and training.
- Since the sample isn't literally being sliced, we can see cross-sectional views of living cells, tissues, and organisms without harm.
- The 3D model of the existing structure makes it easy to determine cross-sectional dimensions at any point, in order to highlight areas where additional supports are required.
- Fat thickness was estimated using the cross-sectional image.
- I concluded that the building's smallest cross-sectional area would have to be located just upwind of the living area and not at the exit opening.
- The text includes a cross-sectional image of a female fetus at 65 days of gestation.
- The angled cross-sectional profile of the building appears to bellow or expand outwards.
2Constituting a typical or representative sample of a larger group.
a cross-sectional survey of high school students
Example sentencesExamples
- These values are reasonable considering that the data used in the analysis are cross-sectional.
- A second issue of concern when using cross-sectional data is sample size.
- The difficulty of evaluating this argument is finding enough cross-sectional data to make valid comparisons.
- The analysis proposed is a cross-sectional study, where the measurements of the independent variables are all in the same period of time (1998-1999).
- Their work uses cross-sectional county-level data to measure the impact that the concealed weapon law has on violent crime.
- This study only examined cross-sectional differences among firms.
- Cross-sectional comparisons of school district performance should be possible.
- The data for this analysis come from a random sample, cross-sectional survey of Iowa soybean fields.
- The telephone survey used a cross-sectional sample of random-digit telephone listings to identify eligible subjects.
- The authors estimate a cross-sectional wage equation for a set of developing countries for the 1973-1990 period.