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Meaning
Noun
●
A
cutting
; a part
cut out
from the
rest
of something.
●
A part,
piece
,
subdivision
of anything.
●
In Music:
A part,
piece
,
subdivision
of anything.
A group of
instruments
in an orchestra.
●
A part of a
document
, especially
a major
part; often
notated
with §.
●
An
act
or
instance
of cutting.
●
A
cross-section
(image that shows an
object
as if
cut along
a plane).
●
In Aviation:
A
cross-section
(image that shows an
object
as if
cut along
a plane).
A
cross-section
perpendicular
the
longitudinal
axis
of an
aircraft
in flight.
●
In Surgery:
An
incision
or the
act
of making an
incision
.
Short for Caesarean section.
●
In Sciences:
A
thin slice
of
material
prepared
as a
specimen
for research.
●
In Botany:
A
taxonomic
rank
below the
genus
(and
subgenus
if present), but above the species.
●
In Zoology:
An
informal
taxonomic
rank
below the order
ranks
and above the family
ranks
.
●
In Military:
A group of 10-15
soldiers
led
by a
non-commissioned officer
and
forming
part of a platoon.
●
In Category theory:
A right inverse.
●
In New Zealand English:
A
piece
of
residential
land
; a plot.
●
In American English, Canadian English & Law:
Synonym of
square mile
, a
unit
of
land
area, especially in the
contexts
of Canadan
surveys
and American
land grants
and
legal
property
descriptions.
●
The
symbol
§,
denoting
a
section
of a document.
●
In Geology:
A
sequence
of
rock
layers.
●
In Philippine English & Education:
A
class
in a school; a group of students in a
regularly
scheduled
meeting with
a
teacher
in a certain
school year
or
semester
or school
quarter
year.
Verb
●
To
cut
,
divide
or
separate
into pieces.
●
To reduce to the
degree
of
thinness
required for study with the microscope.
●
In Australian English, British English & New Zealand English:
To
commit
(a person) to a
hospital
for
mental health
treatment as an
involuntary
patient
. So called after various
sections
of
legal
acts
regarding
mental health
.
●
In Medicine:
To
perform
a
cesarean section
on (someone).
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Cutting
Slice
Division
Part
Piece
Snippet
Schedule
Patch
Detail
Skin
Zone
Divide
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Square Mile
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