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Sagittal :: Sagittal (a.) In the mesial plane; mesial; as, a sagittal section of an animal..

Vivisector :: Vivisector (n.) A vivisectionist.

Dissection :: Dissection (n.) Fig.: The act of separating or dividing for the purpose of critical examination.

North :: North (n.) Any country or region situated farther to the north than another; the northern section of a country.

Focus :: Focus (n.) A point so related to a conic section and certain straight line called the directrix that the ratio of the distace between any point of the curve and the focus to the distance of the same point from the directrix is constant.

Parameter :: Parameter (n.) Specifically (Conic Sections), in the ellipse and hyperbola, a third proportional to any diameter and its conjugate, or in the parabola, to any abscissa and the corresponding ordinate..

Autopsy :: Autopsy (a.) Dissection of a dead body, for the purpose of ascertaining the cause, seat, or nature of a disease; a post-mortem examination..

Block :: Block (v. t.) A section of a railroad where the block system is used. See Block system, below..

Conical :: Conical (a.) Of or pertaining to a cone; as, conic sections..

Sectional :: Sectional (a.) Of or pertaining to a sections or distinct part of larger body or territory; local.

Section :: Section (n.) One of the portions, of one square mile each, into which the public lands of the United States are divided; one thirty-sixth part of a township. These sections are subdivided into quarter sections for sale under the homestead and preemption laws..

Profile :: Profile (n.) A section of any member, made at right angles with its main lines, showing the exact shape of moldings and the like..

Codetta :: Codetta (n.) A short passage connecting two sections, but not forming part of either; a short coda..

Indicatrix :: Indicatrix (n.) A certain conic section supposed to be drawn in the tangent plane to any surface, and used to determine the accidents of curvature of the surface at the point of contact. The curve is similar to the intersection of the surface with a parallel to the tangent plane and indefinitely near it. It is an ellipse when the curvature is synclastic, and an hyperbola when the curvature is anticlastic..

Bloodletting :: Bloodletting (n.) The act or process of letting blood or bleeding, as by opening a vein or artery, or by cupping or leeches; -- esp. applied to venesection..

Line :: Line (n.) Form of a vessel as shown by the outlines of vertical, horizontal, and oblique sections..

Sundown :: Sundog (n.) A luminous spot occasionally seen a few degrees from the sun, supposed to be formed by the intersection of two or more halos, or in a manner similar to that of halos..

Andranatomy :: Andranatomy (n.) The dissection of a human body, especially of a male; androtomy..

Township :: Township (n.) In surveys of the public land of the United States, a division of territory six miles square, containing 36 sections..

Caption :: Caption (n.) The heading of a chapter, section, or page..

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