section
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: sĕk′shən
ipa: /ˈsɛkʃən/
rhymes: -ɛkʃən
Forms: form: sections
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.
Senses: glosses: A cutting; a part cut out from the rest of something.
examples: text: Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. […] But the scandals kept coming, and so we entered stage three – what therapists call "bargaining". A broad section of the political class now recognises the need for change but remains unable to see the necessity of a fundamental overhaul. Instead it offers fixes and patches.
ref: 2013 June 28, Joris Luyendijk, “Our banks are out of control”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 3, page 21:
glosses: A part, piece, subdivision of anything.
examples: text: The horn section is the group of symphonic musicians who play the French horn.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A part, piece, subdivision of anything.
A group of instruments in an orchestra.
glosses: A part of a document, especially a major part; often notated with §.
glosses: An act or instance of cutting.
examples: text: Japan and China also produced Noah's arks, where Noah was known as Fohi. They were of wood and beautifully decorated, the animals being bright in color and usually flat in section and fixed to flat stands.
ref: 1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 59:
glosses: A cross-section (image that shows an object as if cut along a plane).
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A cross-section (image that shows an object as if cut along a plane).
A cross-section perpendicular the longitudinal axis of an aircraft in flight.
topics: mathematics
sciences
topology
glosses: A cross-section (image that shows an object as if cut along a plane).
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.
topics: algebra
category-theory
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A cross-section (image that shows an object as if cut along a plane).
A right inverse of a morphism in some category
coordinate_terms: retraction
synonyms: split monomorphism
qualifier: generalizing the topology sense
glosses: A cross-section (image that shows an object as if cut along a plane).
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.
hyponyms: global section
qualifier: generalizing the topology sense in a different way; sheaf theory; generalizing the topology sense in a different way; sheaf theory
topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: An incision or the act of making an incision.
examples: text: They had planned to go into my section scar but the surgeon didnʼt think he could see well enough.
ref: 2021, Dr Philippa Kaye, Doctors Get Cancer Too, Vie Books, page 143:
topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: An incision or the act of making an incision.
Ellipsis of Caesarean section.
topics: sciences
glosses: thin section, a thin slice of material prepared as a specimen for research.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A taxonomic rank below the genus (and subgenus if present), but above the species.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: An informal taxonomic rank below the order ranks and above the family ranks.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A group of 10-15 soldiers led by a non-commissioned officer and forming part of a platoon.
glosses: A piece of residential land; a plot.
qualifier: law and land surveying
glosses: Synonym of square mile, a unit of land area, especially in the contexts of Canadian surveys and American land grants and legal property descriptions.
synonyms: word: square mile
extra: a unit of land area, especially in the contexts of Canadian surveys and American land grants and legal property descriptions
glosses: The symbol §, denoting a section of a document.
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A sequence of rock layers.
topics: archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: Archeological section; vertical plane and cross-section of the ground to view its profile and stratigraphy; part of an archeological sequence.
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
technology
glosses: Angle section, L-section, angle iron, steel angle, slotted angle.
topics: education
glosses: A class in a school; a group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher in a certain school year or semester or school quarter year.
Synonyms: topics: botany
biology
natural-sciences
zoology
biology
natural-sciences
word: sectio
sense: piece created by cutting
word: cutting
sense: piece created by cutting
word: slice
sense: any piece
word: division
sense: any piece
word: part
sense: any piece
word: slice
sense: any piece
word: piece
sense: any piece
word: snippet
Hyponyms: block section
cross section
dead section
half section
horn section
neutral section
quarter section
string section
Coordinate terms: sense: square mile when described as a 'section'
word: acre (1
sense: square mile when described as a 'section'
word: 640 section)
sense: square mile when described as a 'section'
alt: ¼ section
word: quarter-section
sense: square mile when described as a 'section'
alt: ¼ section in Texan contexts
word: labor
topics: aviation
aeronautics
aerospace
engineering
business
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: waterline
topics: aviation
aeronautics
aerospace
engineering
business
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: buttock line
Derived terms: abdominal section
bisection
brass 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-house
sectionize
sectionless
section liner
sectionman
section sign
sectionwide
star section
subsection
supersection
tee-section
thin section
time section
trisection
trisectionectomy
T-section
undersection
upsection
vibrosection
working-storage section
x-section
Related terms: bisect
dissect
insect
intersect
prosect
resect
secant
sect
sectarian
sectary
section grid
section road
sector
segment
trisect