Definition of sections Sections
/sɛˈkʃʌnz/ - [sekshunz] -
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Wiktionary 
- sections (Noun)
Plural of section.
Part of speech
🔤WordNet
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| section - a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical); "he always turns first to the business section"; "the history of this work is discussed in the next section" | ||
| subdivision | ||
| piece of writing, written material, writing the activity of putting something in written form; "she did the thinking while he did the writing" | ||
| music musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was his central interest" | ||
| music musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was his central interest" | ||
| lede, lead-in, lead wire connecting an antenna to a receiver or a transmitter to a transmission line | ||
| canto a major division of a long poem | ||
| above an earlier section of a written text; "for instructions refer to the above" | ||
| sports section the section of a newspaper that reports on sports | ||
| clause, article (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence | ||
| book physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together; "he used a large book as a doorstop" | ||
| chapter a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled; "he read a chapter every night before falling asleep" | ||
| episode a brief section of a literary or dramatic work that forms part of a connected series | ||
| spot a business establishment for entertainment; "night spot" | ||
| spot a business establishment for entertainment; "night spot" | ||
| insert an artifact that is inserted or is to be inserted | ||
| introduction the act of beginning something new; "they looked forward to the debut of their new product line" | ||
| narration (rhetoric) the second section of an oration in which the facts are set forth | ||
| close, closing, ending, conclusion, end approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap; "the ship's rapid rate of closing gave them little time to avoid a collision" | ||
| passage the act of passing from one state or place to the next | ||
| mezuza, mezuzah religious texts from Deuteronomy inscribed on parchment and rolled up in a case that is attached to the doorframe of many Jewish households in accordance with Jewish law | ||
| sura | ||
| exposition (music) the section of a movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes first occur | ||
| obbligato, obligato a part of the score that must be performed without change or omission | ||
| recapitulation (music) the repetition of themes introduced earlier (especially when one is composing the final part of a movement) | ||
| section - one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object; "a section of a fishing rod"; "metal sections were used below ground"; "finished the final segment of the road" | ||
| segment | ||
| portion, part something less than the whole of a human artifact; "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together" | ||
| whole, unit an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; "how big is that part compared to the whole?"; "the team is a unit" | ||
| curve, bend a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter | ||
| dado a rectangular groove cut into a board so that another piece can fit into it | ||
| leaf hinged or detachable flat section (as of a table or door) | ||
| length a section of something that is long and narrow; "a length of timber"; "a length of tubing" | ||
| straightaway, straight a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse | ||
| section - a division of an orchestra containing all instruments of the same class | ||
| musical group, musical organisation, musical organization an organization of musicians who perform together | ||
| orchestra seating on the main floor in a theater | ||
| band a thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body) | ||
| brass section, brass the section of a band or orchestra that plays brass instruments | ||
| string section, strings the section of an orchestra that plays stringed instruments | ||
| percussion section, rhythm section, percussion the section of a band or orchestra that plays percussion instruments | ||
| section - a distinct region or subdivision of a territorial or political area or community or group of people; "no section of the nation is more ardent than the South"; "there are three synagogues in the Jewish section" | ||
| country, area the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries" | ||
| outskirts outlying areas (as of a city or town); "they lived on the outskirts of Houston"; "they mingled in the outskirts of the crowd" | ||
| locality, neck of the woods, vicinity, neighbourhood, neighborhood a surrounding or nearby region; "the plane crashed in the vicinity of Asheville"; "it is a rugged locality"; "he always blames someone else in the immediate neighborhood"; "I will drop in on you the next time I am in this neck of the woods" | ||
| section - a segment of a citrus fruit; "he ate a section of the orange" | ||
| segment one of the parts into which something naturally divides; "a segment of an orange" | ||
| citrous fruit, citrus fruit, citrus any of numerous fruits of the genus Citrus having thick rind and juicy pulp; grown in warm regions | ||
| section - (geometry) the area created by a plane cutting through a solid | ||
| plane section | ||
| surface area, expanse, area a wide and open space or area as of surface or land or sky | ||
| geometry the pure mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfaces | ||
| section - a small team of policemen working as part of a police platoon | ||
| team, squad two or more draft animals that work together to pull something | ||
| section - a very thin slice (of tissue or mineral or other substance) for examination under a microscope; "sections from the left ventricle showed diseased tissue" | ||
| slice a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer; "he took lessons to cure his slicing" | ||
| section - a small army unit usually having a special function | ||
| section - a small class of students who are part of a larger course but are taught separately; "a graduate student taught sections for the professor's lecture course" | ||
| discussion section | ||
| section - a land unit equal to 1 square mile | ||
| section - one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole; "the written part of the exam"; "the finance section of the company"; "the BBC's engineering division" | ||
| part, division | ||
| concept, construct, conception an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances | ||
| whole an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; "how big is that part compared to the whole?"; "the team is a unit" | ||
| frame one of the ten divisions into which bowling is divided | ||
| beginning the act of starting something; "he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations" | ||
| middle the middle area of the human torso (usually in front); "young American women believe that a bare midriff is fashionable" | ||
| end (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage; "no one wanted to play end" | ||
| high point the most enjoyable part of a given experience; "the trumpet solo was the high point of the concert" | ||
| component, ingredient, constituent, element, factor an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system; "spare components for cars"; "a component or constituent element of a system" | ||
| chukker, chukka (polo) one of six divisions into which a polo match is divided | ||
| inning, frame (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat | ||
| game an amusement or pastime; "they played word games"; "he thought of his painting as a game that filled his empty time"; "his life was all fun and games" | ||
| bout, turn, round a contest or fight (especially between boxers or wrestlers) | ||
| first period the first division into which the play of a game is divided | ||
| second period the second division into which the play of a game is divided | ||
| final period the final division into which the play of a game is divided | ||
| half one of two divisions into which some games or performances are divided: the two divisions are separated by an interval | ||
| period a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations; "in England they call a period a stop" | ||
| quarter clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent; "he surrendered but asked for quarter" | ||
| section - the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation) | ||
| incision, surgical incision | ||
| cutting, cut the act of diluting something; "the cutting of whiskey with water"; "the thinning of paint with turpentine" | ||
| surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process, surgery, operation a room where a doctor or dentist can be consulted; "he read the warning in the doctor's surgery" | ||
| gastromy surgical incision into the stomach | ||
| perineotomy surgical incision into the perineum | ||
| laparotomy surgical incision into the abdominal wall; often done to examine abdominal organs | ||
| orchotomy surgical incision into the testis to obtain material for analysis (as in cases of abnormally low sperm count) | ||
| sclerotomy surgical incision of the sclerotic coat of the eye | ||
| nephrotomy incision into a kidney (usually to remove a kidney stone) | ||
| thoracotomy surgical incision into the chest walls opening up the pleural cavity | ||
| valvotomy, valvulotomy incision into a stenosed cardiac valve to relieve the obstruction | ||
| phlebotomy, venesection surgical incision into a vein; used to treat hemochromatosis | ||
| section - a specialized division of a large organization; "you'll find it in the hardware department"; "she got a job in the historical section of the Treasury" | ||
| department | ||
| division the act or process of dividing | ||
| academic department a division of a school that is responsible for a given subject | ||
| business department a division of a business firm | ||
| personnel department, personnel office, staff office, personnel the department responsible for hiring and training and placing employees and for setting policies for personnel management | ||
| government department a department of government | ||
| payroll department, payroll the department that determines the amounts of wage or salary due to each employee | ||
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Wiktionary
- section (Noun)
A cutting; a part cut out from the rest of something. - section (Noun)
A part, piece, subdivision of anything. - section (Noun)
A part of a document. - section (Noun)
An act or instance of cutting. - section (Noun)
A cross-section image that shows an object as if cut along a plane. - section (Noun)
A cross-section perpendicular the longitudinal axis of an aircraft in flight. - section (Noun)
An incision or the act of making an incision. - section (Noun)
A thin slice of material prepared as a specimen for research. - section (Noun)
A group of 10-15 soldiers lead by a non-commissioned officer and forming part of a platoon. - section (Noun)
A right inverse . - section (Noun)
A piece of residential land usually a quarter of an acre, a plot. - section (Verb)
To cut, divide or separate into pieces.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- section (n.)
The act of cutting, or separation by cutting; as, the section of bodies. - section (n.)
A part separated from something; a division; a portion; a slice. - 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. - 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. - 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. - section (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. - section (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 /. - section (n.)
A part of a musical period, composed of one or more phrases. See Phrase. - section (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.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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Graphical representation of an architectural cutting in the direction of the length or width, carried out to reveal the internal structure. -
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To cut, divide or separate into pieces. -
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An image that shows an object as if cut along a plane, usually at right angles to a main axis.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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sek′shun, n. act of cutting: a division: a portion: a distinct part of a book: the plan of any object cut through, as it were, to show its interior: the line formed by the intersection of two surfaces: the surface formed when a solid is cut by a plane: one of the squares, each containing 640 acres, into which the public lands of the United States are divided: (zool.) a group: the sign §, as a mark of reference.—v.t. to divide into sections, as a ship; to reduce to the degree of thinness required for study with the microscope.—adjs. Sec′tile, Sec′tive, capable of being cut.—n. Sectil′ity.—adj. Sec′tional, pertaining to a section or distinct part: local.—n. Sec′tionalism, the spirit of a class, commercial or political.—adv. Sec′tionally.—ns. Sec′tion-beam, in warping, a roller which receives the yarn from the spools; Sec′tion-cut′ter, an instrument used for making sections for microscopic work.—v.t. Sec′tionise, to render sectional in scope or spirit.—ns. Sec′tion-lin′er, a draftsman's instrument for ruling parallel lines; Sec′tion-plane, a cut surface; Sec′tioplanog′raphy, a method of laying down the sections of engineering work in railways; Sec′tiuncle, a petty sect
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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A draught or figure representing the internal parts of a ship cut by a plane at any particular place athwart ships or longitudinally.
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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A certain proportion of a battalion or company, when it is told off for military movements and evolutions.
