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sec·tion
(sĕk′shən)n.
1. One of several components; a piece.
2. A subdivision of a written work.
3. Law A distinct portion or provision of a legal code or set of laws, often establishing a particular legal requirement: section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.
4. A distinct portion of a newspaper: the sports section.
5. A distinct area of a town, county, or country: a residential section.
6. A land unit equal to one square mile (2.59 square kilometers), 640 acres, or 1/36 of a township.
7. The act or process of separating or cutting, especially the surgical cutting or dividing of tissue.
8. A thin slice, as of tissue, suitable for microscopic examination.
9. A segment of a fruit, especially a citrus fruit.
10. Representation of a solid object as it would appear if cut by an intersecting plane, so that the internal structure is displayed.
11. Music A group of instruments or voices in the same class considered as a division of a band, orchestra, or choir: the rhythm section; the woodwind section.
12. A class or discussion group of students taking the same course: She taught three sections of English composition.
13.
a. A portion of railroad track maintained by a single crew.
b. An area in a train's sleeping car containing an upper and lower berth.
14. An army tactical unit smaller than a platoon and larger than a squad.
15. A unit of vessels or aircraft within a division of armed forces.
16. One of two or more vehicles, such as a bus or train, given the same route and schedule, often used to carry extra passengers.
17.
a. The character (§) used in printing to mark the beginning of a section.
b. This character used as the fourth in a series of reference marks for footnotes.
18. Informal A cesarean section.
tr.v. sec·tioned, sec·tion·ing, sec·tions
1. To separate or divide into parts.
2. To cut or divide (tissue) surgically.
3. To shade or crosshatch (part of a drawing) to indicate sections.
4. Informal To perform a cesarean section on.
[Middle English seccioun, from Old French, from Latin sectiō, sectiōn-, from sectus, past participle of secāre, to cut; see sek- in Indo-European roots.]
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section
(ˈsɛkʃən)n
1. a part cut off or separated from the main body of something
2. a part or subdivision of a piece of writing, book, etc: the sports section of the newspaper.
3. one of several component parts
4. a distinct part or subdivision of a country, community, etc
5. (Statistics) US and Canadian an area one mile square (640 acres) in a public survey, esp in the western parts of the US and Canada
6. NZ a plot of land for building on, esp in a suburban area
7. (Railways) the section of a railway track that is maintained by a single crew or is controlled by a particular signal box
8. the act or process of cutting or separating by cutting
9. (Architecture) a representation of a portion of a building or object exposed when cut by an imaginary vertical plane so as to show its construction and interior
10. (Mathematics) geometry
a. a plane surface formed by cutting through a solid
b. the shape or area of such a plane surface. Compare cross section1
11. (Surgery) surgery any procedure involving the cutting or division of an organ, structure, or part, such as a Caesarian section
12. (Biology) a thin slice of biological tissue, mineral, etc, prepared for examination by a microscope
13. (Biology) a segment of an orange or other citrus fruit
14. (Military) a small military formation, typically comprising two or more squads or aircraft
15. (Automotive Engineering) Austral and NZ a fare stage on a bus, tram, etc
16. (Music, other) music
a. an extended division of a composition or movement that forms a coherent part of the structure: the development section.
b. a division in an orchestra, band, etc, containing instruments belonging to the same class: the brass section.
17. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) Also called: signature, gathering, gather or quire a folded printing sheet or sheets ready for gathering and binding
vb (tr)
18. to cut or divide into sections
19. to cut through so as to reveal a section
20. (Art Terms) (in drawing, esp mechanical drawing) to shade so as to indicate sections
21. (Surgery) surgery to cut or divide (an organ, structure, or part)
22. (Social Welfare) social welfare Brit to have (a mentally disturbed person) confined in a mental hospital under an appropriate section of the mental health legislation
[C16: from Latin sectiō, from secāre to cut]
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sec•tion
(ˈsɛk ʃən)n.
1. a distinct subdivision of anything, as an object or community.
2. a distinct part or subdivision of a newspaper, legal code, chapter, etc.
3. a part that is cut off or separated.
4. one of a number of parts that can be fitted together to make a whole.
5. one of the 36 subdivisions of a township, being one square mile (2.59 sq. km or 640 acres) in area.
6. an act or instance of cutting; separation by cutting.
7.
a. the making of a surgical incision.
b. the incision itself.
8. a thin slice of a tissue, mineral, or the like, as for microscopic examination.
9. a representation of an object as it would appear if cut by a plane, showing its internal structure.
10.
a. a small military unit consisting of two or more squads.
b. a small tactical division in naval and air units.
11. a length of railroad track, roadbed, signal equipment, etc., maintained by a single crew (section gang).
12. any of two or more trains, buses, or the like, running on the same route and considered as one unit.
13. a segment of a naturally segmented fruit, as an orange.
14. a division of an orchestra or band containing all the instruments of one class.
15. Also called section mark. a mark (§) used to indicate a subdivision of a text or a reference to a footnote.
v.t. 16. to cut or divide into sections.
17. to cut through so as to show a section.
18. to make a surgical incision.
[1550–60; < Latin sectiō the act of cutting =sec(āre) to cut + -tiō -tion]
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section
1. As applied to ships or naval aircraft, a tactical subdivision of a division. It is normally one-half of a division in the case of ships, and two aircraft in the case of aircraft.
2. A subdivision of an office, installation, territory, works, or organization; especially a major subdivision of a staff.
3. A tactical unit of the Army and Marine Corps. A section is smaller than a platoon and larger than a squad. In some organizations the section, rather than the squad, is the basic tactical unit.
4. An area in a warehouse extending from one wall to the next; usually the largest subdivision of one floor.
2. A subdivision of an office, installation, territory, works, or organization; especially a major subdivision of a staff.
3. A tactical unit of the Army and Marine Corps. A section is smaller than a platoon and larger than a squad. In some organizations the section, rather than the squad, is the basic tactical unit.
4. An area in a warehouse extending from one wall to the next; usually the largest subdivision of one floor.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
Section
a separated portion of any collection or people, 1832; a fourth part of a military company, 1863.Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
section
Past participle: sectioned
Gerund: sectioning
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Section
1. A measure of land. The imaginary line forming the boundary along one side of a land section. County roads are often routed along section lines. See also half section and quarter section.
2. See harrow for a discussion of a harrow section.
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| Noun | 1. | section - 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" lead-in, lede, lead - the introductory section of a story; "it was an amusing lead-in to a very serious matter" piece of writing, written material, writing - the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect); "the writing in her novels is excellent"; "that editorial was a fine piece of writing" canto - a major division of a long poem above - an earlier section of a written text; "for instructions refer to the above" sports section - the section of a newspaper that reports on sports book - a major division of a long written composition; "the book of Isaiah" chapter - a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled; "he read a chapter every night before falling asleep" episode - a brief section of a literary or dramatic work that forms part of a connected series spot - a section of an entertainment that is assigned to a specific performer or performance; "they changed his spot on the program" spot - a short section or illustration (as between radio or tv programs or in a magazine) that is often used for advertising insert - a folded section placed between the leaves of another publication introduction - the first section of a communication narration - (rhetoric) the second section of an oration in which the facts are set forth close, closing, ending, conclusion, end - the last section of a communication; "in conclusion I want to say..." passage - a section of text; particularly a section of medium length mezuza, mezuzah - religious texts from Deuteronomy inscribed on parchment and rolled up in a case that is attached to the doorframe of many Jewish households in accordance with Jewish law sura - one of the sections (or chapters) in the Koran; "the Quran is divided in 114 suras" exposition - (music) the section of a movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes first occur music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner recapitulation - (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) in which musical themes that were introduced earlier are repeated development - (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated |
| 2. | 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" microscope slide, slide - a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study slice - a thin flat piece cut off of some object | |
| 3. | section - 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" area, country - a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography); "it was a mountainous area"; "Bible country" outskirts - outlying areas (as of a city or town); "they lived on the outskirts of Houston"; "they mingled in the outskirts of the crowd" locality, neck of the woods, neighborhood, neighbourhood, vicinity - a surrounding or nearby region; "the plane crashed in the vicinity of Asheville"; "it is a rugged locality"; "he always blames someone else in the immediate neighborhood"; "I will drop in on you the next time I am in this neck of the woods" | |
| 4. |  section - 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"whole, unit - an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; "how big is that part compared to the whole?"; "the team is a unit" dado - the section of a pedestal between the base and the surbase leaf - hinged or detachable flat section (as of a table or door) length - a section of something that is long and narrow; "a length of timber"; "a length of tubing" part, portion - something less than the whole of a human artifact; "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together" straightaway, straight - a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse subsection, subdivision - a section of a section; a part of a part; i.e., a part of something already divided | |
| 5. | section - a small team of policemen working as part of a police platoon platoon - a team of policemen working under the military platoon system | |
| 6. | section - 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" frame - one of the ten divisions into which bowling is divided concept, conception, construct - an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances beginning - the first part or section of something; "`It was a dark and stormy night' is a hackneyed beginning for a story" middle - an intermediate part or section; "A whole is that which has beginning, middle, and end"- Aristotle end - a final part or section; "we have given it at the end of the section since it involves the calculus"; "Start at the beginning and go on until you come to the end" high point - the most enjoyable part of a given experience; "the trumpet solo was the high point of the concert" component, element, factor, ingredient, constituent - an abstract part of something; "jealousy was a component of his character"; "two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony"; "the grammatical elements of a sentence"; "a key factor in her success"; "humor: an effective ingredient of a speech" whole - all of something including all its component elements or parts; "Europe considered as a whole"; "the whole of American literature" game - (tennis) a division of play during which one player serves first period - the first division into which the play of a game is divided second period - the second division into which the play of a game is divided final period - the final division into which the play of a game is divided half - one of two divisions into which some games or performances are divided: the two divisions are separated by an interval period - (ice hockey) one of three divisions into which play is divided in hockey games quarter - (football, professional basketball) one of four divisions into which some games are divided; "both teams scored in the first quarter" over - (cricket) the division of play during which six balls are bowled at the batsman by one player from the other team from the same end of the pitch | |
| 7. | section - a land unit equal to 1 square mile square mile - an area of 640 acres | |
| 8. |  section - (geometry) the area created by a plane cutting through a solidsurface area, expanse, area - the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary; "the area of a rectangle"; "it was about 500 square feet in area" geometry - the pure mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfaces cross section - a section created by a plane cutting a solid perpendicular to its longest axis | |
| 9. | section - 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" | |
| 10. | section - a division of an orchestra containing all instruments of the same class brass section, brass - the section of a band or orchestra that plays brass instruments string section, strings - the section of an orchestra that plays stringed instruments percussion section, rhythm section, percussion - the section of a band or orchestra that plays percussion instruments reed section - the section of a band or orchestra that plays reed instruments musical group, musical organisation, musical organization - an organization of musicians who perform together orchestra - a musical organization consisting of a group of instrumentalists including string players band - instrumentalists not including string players | |
| 11. | section - a small army unit usually having a special function army unit - a military unit that is part of an army | |
| 12. |  section - 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"academic department - a division of a school that is responsible for a given subject business department - a division of a business firm personnel department, personnel office, staff office, personnel - the department responsible for hiring and training and placing employees and for setting policies for personnel management government department - a department of government payroll department, payroll - the department that determines the amounts of wage or salary due to each employee security department, security - a department responsible for the security of the institution's property and workers; "the head of security was a former policeman" division - an administrative unit in government or business | |
| 13. | section - a segment of a citrus fruit; "he ate a section of the orange" citrous fruit, citrus, citrus fruit - any of numerous fruits of the genus Citrus having thick rind and juicy pulp; grown in warm regions segment - one of the parts into which something naturally divides; "a segment of an orange" | |
| 14. | section - the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation) cutting, cut - the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge; "his cut in the lining revealed the hidden jewels" surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process, surgery, operation - a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body; "they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available"; "he died while undergoing surgery" gastromy - surgical incision into the stomach perineotomy - surgical incision into the perineum laparotomy - surgical incision into the abdominal wall; often done to examine abdominal organs orchotomy - surgical incision into the testis to obtain material for analysis (as in cases of abnormally low sperm count) sclerotomy - surgical incision of the sclerotic coat of the eye nephrotomy - incision into a kidney (usually to remove a kidney stone) thoracotomy - surgical incision into the chest walls opening up the pleural cavity valvotomy, valvulotomy - incision into a stenosed cardiac valve to relieve the obstruction phlebotomy, venesection - surgical incision into a vein; used to treat hemochromatosis vasosection, vasotomy - surgical incision into or division of the vas deferens | |
| Verb | 1. | section - divide into segments; "segment an orange"; "segment a compound word" segment - divide or split up; "The cells segmented" quarter - divide into quarters; "quarter an apple" |
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section
noun
1. part, piece, portion, division, sample, slice, passage, component, segment, fragment, fraction, instalment, cross section, subdivision a geological section of a rock
verb
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section
noun1. One of the parts into which something is divided:
4. A thin piece, especially of tissue, suitable for microscopic examination:
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Translations
قِسْممَقْطَع، فَرْع
řezvrstvačástdíloddělení
afsnitdeltværsnit=-del
osasto
dio
szekció
hluti; hópur; deildòverskurîur
部分
잘라낸 부분
daliespjūvioskerspjūvis
daļagriezumsšķēlums
prierez
delodsek
avdelning
ส่วนที่ตัดออก
phần
section
[ˈsekʃən]A. N
1. (= part) [of pipeline, road] → tramo m; [of self-assembly item] → pieza f, parte f; [of orange etc] → gajo m; [of book, text] → parte f; [of code, law] → artículo m; [of document, report] → apartado m, punto m; [of orchestra] → sección f; [of country] → región f; [of community, opinion] → sector m; [of town] (Brit) → sector m, zona f (US) (= district) → barrio m
the ship was transported in sections → el barco fue trasladado por partes
the bookcase comes in sections → la estantería viene desmontada (en piezas or partes)
the first-class section of the train → los vagones de primera clase del tren
passports section → sección f de pasaportes
the sports/finance section [of newspaper] → la sección de deportes/economía
in all sections of the public → en todos los sectores del público
see also brass C
see also string C
see also percussion B
see also woodwind
the ship was transported in sections → el barco fue trasladado por partes
the bookcase comes in sections → la estantería viene desmontada (en piezas or partes)
the first-class section of the train → los vagones de primera clase del tren
passports section → sección f de pasaportes
the sports/finance section [of newspaper] → la sección de deportes/economía
in all sections of the public → en todos los sectores del público
see also brass C
see also string C
see also percussion B
see also woodwind
2. (= cut) (in diagram, dissection) → sección f, corte m
cross section (lit) → sección f transversal
the research was compiled using a cross section of the British population → el estudió se realizó utilizando un sector representativo de la población británica
cross section (lit) → sección f transversal
the research was compiled using a cross section of the British population → el estudió se realizó utilizando un sector representativo de la población británica
3. (Med) (also Caesarean section)
see Caesarean
see Caesarean
B. VT
2. [+ mentally ill person] → internar en un psiquiátrico
C. CPD section mark N → párrafo m
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section
[ˈsɛkʃən] n
[city, town, country, park, forest, garden] → partie f
the medieval section of the city → la partie médiévale de la ville
the medieval section of the city → la partie médiévale de la ville
[road, border, river, tunnel, track] → section f
[community, population, society] → partie f
a large section of the population → une grande partie de la population
a large section of the population → une grande partie de la population
[book, form] → partie f; [newspaper] → page f
Please fill in sections 1 and 2 of the attached form → Veuillez remplir les parties 1 et 2 du formulaire joint.
the business section → la page des affaires
Please fill in sections 1 and 2 of the attached form → Veuillez remplir les parties 1 et 2 du formulaire joint.
the business section → la page des affaires
[department store] → rayon m; [library] → section f
the reference section → la section de référence, la section consacrée aux ouvrages de référence
the reference section → la section de référence, la section consacrée aux ouvrages de référence
[self-assembly kit, furniture] → élément m
(= department) [company, organization] → section f
(MEDICINE) (also Caesarian section) → césarienne f
(BIOLOGY) (= slice of tissue) → coupe f histologique
vt
(= divide into sections) → sectionner
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
section
n
(= part) → Teil m; (= wing of building) → Trakt m; (of book) → Abschnitt m; (of document, law) → Absatz m; (of motorway etc) → Abschnitt m; (under construction) → Trakt m; (of railway) → Streckenabschnitt m; (of orange) → Stück nt; the brass/string section of the orchestra → die Blechbläser pl → /Streicher pl → des Orchesters; the sports section (Press) → der Sportteil; all sections of the public → alle Teile der Öffentlichkeit; the Indian section of the community → die Gruppe der Inder in der Gesellschaft
(= diagram) → Schnitt m; in section → im Schnitt; vertical/longitudinal section → Quer-/Längsschnitt m
(= cutting: of rock, Med: of tissue) → Schnitt m; (Med) (= operation) → Sektion f; (= Caesarean section) → Kaiserschnitt m; he took a horizontal section of the tissue → er machte einen Horizontalschnitt von dem Gewebe
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section
[ˈsɛkʃ/ən]Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
section
(ˈsekʃən) noun1. a part or division. He divided the orange into sections; There is disagreement in one section of the community; the accounts section of the business.
2. a view of the inside of anything when, or as if, it is cut right through or across. a section of the stem of a flower.
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section
→ قِسْم oddělení afsnit Abschnitt ενότητα sección osasto section dio sezione 部分 잘라낸 부분 sectie seksjon sekcja seção, secção секция avdelning ส่วนที่ตัดออก bölüm phần 章节Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
sec·tion
n. sección, porción, parte;
v. cortar; seccionar.
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section
n sección f; frozen — biopsia por congelaciónEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.