Definitions from Wiktionary (section)
▸ noun: A cutting; a part cut out from the rest of something.
▸ noun: A part, piece, subdivision of anything.
▸ noun: (music) A group of instruments in an orchestra.
▸ noun: A part of a document, especially a major part; often notated with §.
▸ noun: An act or instance of cutting.
▸ noun: A cross-section (image that shows an object as if cut along a plane).
▸ noun: (aviation) A cross-section perpendicular the longitudinal axis of an aircraft in flight.
▸ noun: (topology) A function that generalizes the notion of the graph of a function; formally, a continuous right inverse to the projection map of a fiber bundle.
▸ noun: (generalizing the topology sense, algebra, category theory) A right inverse of a morphism in some category
▸ noun: (generalizing the topology sense in a different way, sheaf theory) An object which is defined by analogy with sections of fiber bundles but in a more general setting (that of sheaves). Formally, an element of the image of an open set under the action of a (pre-)sheaf.
▸ noun: (surgery) An incision or the act of making an incision.
▸ noun: (sciences) thin section, a thin slice of material prepared as a specimen for research.
▸ noun: (botany) A taxonomic rank below the genus (and subgenus if present), but above the species.
▸ noun: (zoology) An informal taxonomic rank below the order ranks and above the family ranks.
▸ noun: (military) A group of 10-15 soldiers led by a non-commissioned officer and forming part of a platoon.
▸ noun: (New Zealand) A piece of residential land; a plot.
▸ noun: (US, Canada, law and land surveying) Synonym of square mile, a unit of land area, especially in the contexts of Canadian surveys and American land grants and legal property descriptions.
▸ noun: The symbol §, denoting a section of a document.
▸ noun: (geology) A sequence of rock layers.
▸ noun: (archaeology) Archeological section; vertical plane and cross-section of the ground to view its profile and stratigraphy; part of an archeological sequence.
▸ noun: (technology) Angle section, L-section, angle iron, steel angle, slotted angle.
▸ noun: (Philippines, 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.
▸ verb: To reduce to the degree of thinness required for study with the microscope.
▸ verb: (UK, Australia, New Zealand) 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.
▸ verb: (medicine) To perform a cesarean section on (someone).
▸ noun: (surgery, colloquial) Short for Caesarean section. [Delivery of a baby through an incision in the womb.]
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▸ noun: A cutting; a part cut out from the rest of something.
▸ noun: A part, piece, subdivision of anything.
▸ noun: (music) A group of instruments in an orchestra.
▸ noun: A part of a document, especially a major part; often notated with §.
▸ noun: An act or instance of cutting.
▸ noun: A cross-section (image that shows an object as if cut along a plane).
▸ noun: (aviation) A cross-section perpendicular the longitudinal axis of an aircraft in flight.
▸ noun: (topology) A function that generalizes the notion of the graph of a function; formally, a continuous right inverse to the projection map of a fiber bundle.
▸ noun: (generalizing the topology sense, algebra, category theory) A right inverse of a morphism in some category
▸ noun: (generalizing the topology sense in a different way, sheaf theory) An object which is defined by analogy with sections of fiber bundles but in a more general setting (that of sheaves). Formally, an element of the image of an open set under the action of a (pre-)sheaf.
▸ noun: (surgery) An incision or the act of making an incision.
▸ noun: (sciences) thin section, a thin slice of material prepared as a specimen for research.
▸ noun: (botany) A taxonomic rank below the genus (and subgenus if present), but above the species.
▸ noun: (zoology) An informal taxonomic rank below the order ranks and above the family ranks.
▸ noun: (military) A group of 10-15 soldiers led by a non-commissioned officer and forming part of a platoon.
▸ noun: (New Zealand) A piece of residential land; a plot.
▸ noun: (US, Canada, law and land surveying) Synonym of square mile, a unit of land area, especially in the contexts of Canadian surveys and American land grants and legal property descriptions.
▸ noun: The symbol §, denoting a section of a document.
▸ noun: (geology) A sequence of rock layers.
▸ noun: (archaeology) Archeological section; vertical plane and cross-section of the ground to view its profile and stratigraphy; part of an archeological sequence.
▸ noun: (technology) Angle section, L-section, angle iron, steel angle, slotted angle.
▸ noun: (Philippines, 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.
▸ verb: To reduce to the degree of thinness required for study with the microscope.
▸ verb: (UK, Australia, New Zealand) 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.
▸ verb: (medicine) To perform a cesarean section on (someone).
▸ noun: (surgery, colloquial) Short for Caesarean section. [Delivery of a baby through an incision in the womb.]
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