section

Noun

• 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
    

Verb

• divide into segments
  • segment an orange
    
  • segment a compound word
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  incision , surgical incision , department , discussion section , plane section , part , division , segment , subdivision