Definition of section

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Section (n.) A distinct part of a country or people, community, class, or the like; a part of a territory separated by geographical lines, or of a people considered as distinct..

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Intersectional :: Intersectional (a.) Pertaining to, or formed by, intersections..
Crossing :: Crossing (v. t.) Intersection, as of two paths or roads..
Drip :: Drip (n.) That part of a cornice, sill course, or other horizontal member, which projects beyond the rest, and is of such section as to throw off the rain water..
Conics :: Conics (n.) Conic sections.
Capital :: Capital (a.) A chapter, or section, of a book..
Sciagraph :: Sciagraph (n.) An old term for a vertical section of a building; -- called also sciagraphy. See Vertical section, under Section..
Arbor Vitae :: Arbor vitae () The treelike disposition of the gray and white nerve tissues in the cerebellum, as seen in a vertical section..
Gastrohysterotomy :: Gastrohysterotomy (n.) Caesarean section. See under Caesarean.
Segment :: Segment (n.) A piece in the form of the sector of a circle, or part of a ring; as, the segment of a sectional fly wheel or flywheel rim..
Ridge :: Ridge (n.) The intersection of two surface forming a salient angle, especially the angle at the top between the opposite slopes or sides of a roof or a vault..
Latus Rectum :: Latus rectum () The line drawn through a focus of a conic section parallel to the directrix and terminated both ways by the curve. It is the parameter of the principal axis. See Focus, and Parameter..
Subject :: Subject (a.) That which is subjected, or submitted to, any physical operation or process; specifically (Anat.), a dead body used for the purpose of dissection..
Histotomy :: Histotomy (n.) The dissection of organic tissues.
Division :: Division (n.) The portion separated by the divining of a mass or body; a distinct segment or section.
Section :: Section (n.) A part of a musical period, composed of one or more phrases. See Phrase..
Sheepsplit :: Sheepsplit (n.) A split of a sheepskin; one of the thin sections made by splitting a sheepskin with a cutting knife or machine.
Metrotomy :: Metrotomy (n.) The operation of cutting into the uterus; hysterotomy; the Caesarean section.
Paragraph :: Paragraph (n.) Originally, a marginal mark or note, set in the margin to call attention to something in the text, e. g., a change of subject; now, the character /, commonly used in the text as a reference mark to a footnote, or to indicate the place of a division into sections..
Prytanis :: Prytanis (n.) A member of one of the ten sections into which the Athenian senate of five hundred was divided, and to each of which belonged the presidency of the senate for about one tenth of the year..
Line :: Line (n.) Form of a vessel as shown by the outlines of vertical, horizontal, and oblique sections..
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