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UK
/sˈɛkʃən/
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[ US /ˈsɛkʃən/ ]
[ US /ˈsɛkʃən/ ]
NOUN
- a small team of policemen working as part of a police platoon
- (geometry) the area created by a plane cutting through a solid
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a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical)
the history of this work is discussed in the next section
he always turns first to the business section -
one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole
the BBC's engineering division
the written part of the exam
the finance section of the company -
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 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 - a land unit equal to 1 square mile
- a division of an orchestra containing all instruments of the same class
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a distinct region or subdivision of a territorial or political area or community or group of people
there are three synagogues in the Jewish section
no section of the nation is more ardent than the South -
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 small army unit usually having a special function
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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 - the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation)
VERB
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divide into segments
segment a compound word
segment an orange
How To Use section In A Sentence
- He literally danced his music into being, conducting his bass players, drummers and horn section with his hips.
- The final section of the traverse was a bit of a challenge: delicate, balancey moves with next to nothing for hands or feet.
- A view of the steam-chest side of the cylinder is given in Figure 323, and a horizontal cross section of the cylinder, the steam-chest and the valves, is shown in Figure 324. Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught
- A section of a branch of birch or willow from the north only a couple of inches in diameter will show one or two hundred annual rings. Factors Affecting Development of Canada's North
- But even these alienated loners can benefit from this book: See the section on astral love.
- I was totally expecting you to say that you read a section looking for the miscut part and got yourself hideously freaked out for the bike ride home. Cooperative Blog » Blog Archive » Stephen King
- We saw in the previous sections that packaged bacteriophage capsids are pressurized with pressures as high as 60 atm.
- The second section of an ancient Greco - Roman letter was prayer or a word of thanks.
- The first rutted section of the road jolted the vehicle airborne, slamming my head against the roof.
- With cross-sectional data it is not possible to make precise comparisons between changes in employment and economic activity over time.