section /sekˈshən/ noun- The act of cutting
- A division
- A portion
- One of the parts into which anything may be considered as divided or of which it may be composed
- The line of intersection of two surfaces
- The surface formed when a solid is cut by a plane
- An exposure of rock in which the strata are cut across (geology)
- A numbered subdivision in a body of law
- A plan of anything represented as if cut by a plane or other surface
- A thin slice for microscopic examination of a specimen
- The act or process of cutting or the cut or division made (surgery)
- A one-mile square of American public lands
- A subdivision of a company, platoon, battery, etc
- A number of men detailed for a special service
- A district or region (US)
- A subdivision of an orchestra or chorus, containing (players of) similar instruments or singers of similar voice
- A frame for a honeycomb
- A section mark (printing)
- A building plot (NZ)
transitive verb- To divide into sections
- To draw a sectional plan of
- To cut a section through (surgery)
- To have (a person suffering from mental illness) confined in a mental hospital under the relevant section of mental health legislation
ORIGIN: L sectiō, -ōnis, from secāre, sectum to cut secˈtional adjective - Of a section
- In section
- Of sectionalism
- Built up of sections
secˈtionalism noun A narrow-minded concern for the interests of a group, area, etc, at the expense of the general or long-term secˈtionalist adjective and noun sectionalizāˈtion or sectionalisāˈtion noun secˈtionalize or secˈtionalise transitive verb - To make sectional
- To divide into sections
secˈtionally adverb sectionizāˈtion or sectionisāˈtion noun secˈtionize or secˈtionise transitive verb - To section
- To cut sections or slices from (botany, etc)
secˈtion-cutter noun An instrument for making sections for microscopic work, commonly microtome section mark noun The sign §, used to mark the beginning of a section of a book or as a reference mark |