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Parabola :: Parabola (n.) A kind of curve; one of the conic sections formed by the intersection of the surface of a cone with a plane parallel to one of its sides. It is a curve, any point of which is equally distant from a fixed point, called the focus, and a fixed straight line, called the directrix. See Focus..

Three-square :: Three-square (a.) Having a cross section in the form of an equilateral triangle; -- said especially of a kind of file.

Orthogonal :: Orthogonal (a.) Right-angled; rectangular; as, an orthogonal intersection of one curve with another..

Compartment :: Compartment (n.) One of the sections into which the hold of a ship is divided by water-tight bulkheads.

Bird''s-beak :: Bird's-beak (n.) A molding whose section is thought to resemble a beak.

Section :: Section (n.) A distinct part or portion of a book or writing; a subdivision of a chapter; the division of a law or other writing; a paragraph; an article; hence, the character /, often used to denote such a division..

Herpetotomy :: Herpetotomy (n.) The anatomy or dissection of reptiles.

Microtome :: Microtome (n.) An instrument for making very thin sections for microscopical examination.

Anglo-catholic :: Anglo-Catholic (a.) Of or pertaining to a church modeled on the English Reformation; Anglican; -- sometimes restricted to the ritualistic or High Church section of the Church of England.

Sciagraph :: Sciagraph (n.) An old term for a vertical section of a building; -- called also sciagraphy. See Vertical section, under Section..

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..

Hyperbola :: Hyperbola (n.) A curve formed by a section of a cone, when the cutting plane makes a greater angle with the base than the side of the cone makes. It is a plane curve such that the difference of the distances from any point of it to two fixed points, called foci, is equal to a given distance. See Focus. If the cutting plane be produced so as to cut the opposite cone, another curve will be formed, which is also an hyperbola. Both curves are regarded as branches of the same hyperbola. See Illust. o

Bisection :: Bisection (n.) Division into two parts, esp. two equal parts..

Pencil :: Pencil (n.) A number of lines that intersect in one point, the point of intersection being called the pencil point..

Anatomically :: Anatomically (adv.) In an anatomical manner; by means of dissection.

Vivisection :: Vivisection (n.) The dissection of an animal while alive, for the purpose of making physiological investigations..

Intersectional :: Intersectional (a.) Pertaining to, or formed by, intersections..

Callisection :: Callisection (n.) Painless vivisection; -- opposed to sentisection.

Resection :: Resection (n.) The act of cutting or paring off.

Section :: Section (n.) A part separated from something; a division; a portion; a slice.

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