English Explanatory Dictionary

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English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A cutting; a part cut out from the rest of something.
  2. A part, piece, subdivision of anything.
  3. A group of instruments in an orchestra.
  4. A part of a document, especially a major part; often notated with §.
  5. An act or instance of cutting.
  6. A cross-section (image that shows an object as if cut along a plane).
  7. A cross-section perpendicular the longitudinal axis of an aircraft in flight.
  8. A function that generalizes the notion of the graph of a function; formally, a continuous right inverse to the projection map of a fiber bundle.
  9. A right inverse of a morphism in some category
  10. An object which is defined by analogy with sections of fiber bundles but in a more general setting (that of sheaves). Formally, an element of the image of an open set under the action of a (pre-)sheaf.
  11. An incision or the act of making an incision.
  12. Ellipsis of Caesarean section.
verb
  1. To cut, divide or separate into pieces.
  2. To reduce to the degree of thinness required for study with the microscope.
  3. To commit (a person) to a hospital for mental health treatment as an involuntary patient. So called after various sections of legal acts regarding mental health.
  4. To perform a cesarean section on (someone).

Pronunciation

sĕk′shən /ˈsɛkʃən/ En-us-section.ogg

Word forms

section sections sectioning sectioned

Etymology

From Middle English seccioun, from Old French section, from Latin sectiō (“cutting, cutting off, excision, amputation of diseased parts of the body, etc.”), from sectus, past participle of secāre (“to cut”). More at saw.

Synonyms

sectio division part slice piece snippet cutting split monomorphism square mile schedule

Antonyms

whole

Related words

bisect dissect insect intersect prosect resect secant sect sectarian sectary section grid section road sector segment trisect

Derived words

abdominal section bisection brass section channel section configuration section conic section cosection critical section cryosection C-section dissection downsection ecosection file section golden section hemisection histosection hypersection infrasection input-output section invariant section knothole section linkage section microsection midsection multisection neutron cross section nosebleed section odontosection pilot section presection quarter-section rhythm section section 104 holding section 8 sectionable sectional sectionary section automatic weapon section beam section break sectionectomy section gang section-house sectionize sectionless section liner sectionman section sign sectionwide silcrow star section subsection supersection tee-section thin section time section trisection trisectionectomy T-section

Translations

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