section
A student carefully examines a thin section of plant tissue under a microscope.
Noun 1. A distinct part or subdivision of a larger whole: A section is one of the parts that something is divided into. 2. A distinct area within a place or group: A section can be a specific area within a town, a community, or an organization. 3. A diagram or representation of something as if cut through by an intersecting plane: A section shows the internal structure of an object as seen from a cut surface. 4. A thin slice of material for examination under a microscope: A section is a very thin slice of tissue, mineral, or other substance prepared for microscopic study. 5. The action of cutting or separating something: In medical contexts, section refers to the act of cutting, especially during surgery.
Verb 1. To divide something into distinct parts: To section something is to cut or separate it into sections.
Noun * The book is divided into three main sections. * I always read the sports section of the newspaper first. * The architect studied the building's cross-section. * The biologist prepared a tissue section for the microscope. * The surgeon performed a cesarean section.
Verb * The orange was sectioned into individual segments. * The city is sectioned into different voting districts.
- "To be in the ... section": To be located within a specific part of a larger area.
- Our seats are in the balcony section of the theater.
- "A section of the public": A specific group within the general population.
- The new policy is unpopular with a large section of the public.
- Subsection (n): A division within a section.
- See subsection 4.2 for more details.
- Cross-section (n): 1. A surface or shape exposed by making a straight cut through something. 2. A representative sample of a larger group.
- The diagram shows a cross-section of the engine.
- The survey interviewed a cross-section of society.
- Sectional (adj): Relating to a particular section or group; also, a type of sofa made of separate pieces.
- The debate revealed sectional interests within the party.
- Part, segment, division, portion, piece, slice, sector, department.
(This word does not commonly form phrasal verbs.)
- "Cesarean section": A surgical procedure for delivering a baby through an incision in the mother's abdomen.
- The baby was delivered by cesarean section.
A student carefully examines a thin section of plant tissue under a microscope.
- the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation)
- a segment of a citrus fruit
- he ate a section of the orange
- a specialized division of a large organization
- you'll find it in the hardware department
- she got a job in the historical section of the Treasury
- a small army unit usually having a special function
- a division of an orchestra containing all instruments of the same class
- a small class of students who are part of a larger course but are taught separately
- a graduate student taught sections for the professor's lecture course
- (geometry) the area created by a plane cutting through a solid
- a land unit equal to 1 square mile
- one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole
- the written part of the exam
- the finance section of the company
- the BBC's engineering division
- a small team of policemen working as part of a police platoon
- one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object
- a section of a fishing rod
- metal sections were used below ground
- finished the final segment of the road
- a distinct region or subdivision of a territorial or political area or community or group of people
- no section of the nation is more ardent than the South
- there are three synagogues in the Jewish section
- a very thin slice (of tissue or mineral or other substance) for examination under a microscope
- sections from the left ventricle showed diseased tissue
- a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical)
- he always turns first to the business section
- the history of this work is discussed in the next section
- divide into segments
- segment an orange
- segment a compound word