Section

/ˈsɛkʃən/ · noun

Meaning

A cutting; a part cut out from the rest of something..

Definitions by Sense

1. A cutting; a part cut out from the rest of something.
2. A part, piece, subdivision of anything.
3. A part of a document, especially a major part; often notated with §.
4. An act or instance of cutting.
5. A cross-section (image that shows an object as if cut along a plane).
6. (surgery) An incision or the act of making an incision.
7. (sciences) thin section, a thin slice of material prepared as a specimen for research.
8. (botany) A taxonomic rank below the genus (and subgenus if present), but above the species.

Example Sentences

Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. […] But the scandals kept coming, and so we entered stage three – what therapists call "bargaining". A broad section of the political class now recognises the need for change but remains unable to see the necessity of a fundamental overhaul. Instead it offers fixes and patches.

Japan and China also produced Noah's arks, where Noah was known as Fohi. They were of wood and beautifully decorated, the animals being bright in color and usually flat in section and fixed to flat stands.

Overlap spans and neutral sections have been provided at intervals along the line, which is thus sectioned electrically, not only at the feeder station and track sectioning cabins, but also by switches at certain overlap spans.

Tribunals were set up as watchdogs in cases of compulsory detention (sectioning). […] Informal patients, however, could be sectioned, and this was often a fear of patients once they were in hospital.

The doctor then sectioned her, making her an involuntary patient, and had her moved to a secure ward.

After explaining that for 7 years, from ’88 to ’95, I was permanently sectioned under the Mental Health act, robbed of my freedom, my integrity, my rights, I wrote at the time;- […]

You may hear a physician say, "I don't want to section her until the baby declares itself."

"But if she's gone into active labour she could be bleeding massively and you may have to section her there and then."

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• sections
• sectioning
• sectioned

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