Definition:
- (n.) The act of cutting, or separation by cutting; as, the section of bodies.
- (n.) A part separated from something; a division; a portion; a slice.
- (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.
- (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.
- (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.
- (n.) The figure made up of all the points common to a superficies and a solid which meet, or to two superficies which meet, or to two lines which meet. In the first case the section is a superficies, in the second a line, and in the third a point.
- (n.) A division of a genus; a group of species separated by some distinction from others of the same genus; -- often indicated by the sign /.
- (n.) A part of a musical period, composed of one or more phrases. See Phrase.
- (n.) The description or representation of anything as it would appear if cut through by any intersecting plane; depiction of what is beyond a plane passing through, or supposed to pass through, an object, as a building, a machine, a succession of strata; profile.
Compare section with other words:
section vs. suction
section vs. vection
section vs. subclass
profile vs. section
section vs. shape
lection vs. section
rection vs. section
group vs. section
district vs. section
item vs. section
scale vs. section
paragraph vs. section
faction vs. section
degree vs. section
fragment vs. section
column vs. section
ovaliform vs. section
section vs. upstand
section vs. septempartite
conoid vs. section
section vs. ungula
section vs. segmented
realm vs. section
avenue vs. section
fellow vs. section
area vs. section
section vs. stage
clause vs. section
section vs. structure
section vs. woman
mobile vs. section
element vs. section
section vs. unit
section vs. session
section vs. version
rode vs. section
cat vs. section
hoist vs. section
ring vs. section
portion vs. section
feline vs. section
apply vs. section
pet vs. section
department vs. section
content vs. section
section vs. sectionally
section vs. trephine
concept vs. section
microtome vs. section
section vs. sectional
crisper vs. section
section vs. subdivide
fac vs. section
section vs. subsection
fascicle vs. section
section vs. trepan
optic vs. section
nubian vs. section
basque vs. section
section vs. stock
breton vs. section
passus vs. section
exposition vs. section
prescription vs. section
freezer vs. section
section vs. supplement
partition vs. section
section vs. trave
sciagraphy vs. section
compartment vs. section
orbiculate vs. section
gathering vs. section
section vs. windowpane
section vs. steerage
figured vs. section
section vs. signature
dip vs. section
section vs. zone
interval vs. section
hive vs. section
recapitulation vs. section
commit vs. section
cut vs. section
section vs. trisect
resect vs. section
intersect vs. section
bisect vs. section
insect vs. section
section vs. segment
section vs. sector
sectarian vs. section
sect vs. section
secant vs. section
dissect vs. section
bisection vs. section
dissection vs. section
section vs. whole
section vs. volume
piece vs. section
section vs. snippet
platoon vs. section
plot vs. section
section vs. specimen
section vs. slice
incision vs. section
longitudinal vs. section
section vs. subdivision
cutting vs. section
dock vs. section
part vs. section
patch vs. section
chapter vs. section
section vs. skin
bar vs. section
division vs. section
cell vs. section
cable vs. section
fit vs. section
boom vs. section
angle vs. section
quadrant vs. section
article vs. section
accent vs. section
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