section /sekˈshən/

1. The act of cutting
2. A division
3. A portion
4. One of the parts into which anything may be considered as divided or of which it may be composed
5. The line of intersection of two surfaces
6. The surface formed when a solid is cut by a plane
7. An exposure of rock in which the strata are cut across (geology)
8. A numbered subdivision in a body of law
9. A plan of anything represented as if cut by a plane or other surface
10. A thin slice for microscopic examination of a specimen
11. The act or process of cutting or the cut or division made (surgery)
12. A one-mile square of American public lands
13. A subdivision of a company, platoon, battery, etc
14. A number of men detailed for a special service
15. A district or region (US)
16. A subdivision of an orchestra or chorus, containing (players of) similar instruments or singers of similar voice
17. A frame for a honeycomb
18. A section mark (printing)
19. A building plot (NZ)

1. To divide into sections
2. To draw a sectional plan of
3. To cut a section through (surgery)
4. To have (a person suffering from mental illness) confined in a mental hospital under the relevant section of mental health legislation

secˈtional adjective

1. Of a section
2. In section
3. Of sectionalism
4. 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

1. To make sectional
2. To divide into sections

secˈtionally adverb

sectionizāˈtion or sectionisāˈtion noun

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