Definitions from Wiktionary (resection)

▸ noun:  (medicine) The surgical removal of part or all of a tissue, organ, tumor, or body part.
▸ noun:  (surveying) A method of determining a position by using a map and compass bearings for two additional points.
▸ noun:  A section of a tire that has had worn tread replaced.
▸ verb:  (medicine) To excise part or all of a tissue or organ.
▸ verb:  (surveying) To determine positions using compass bearings based on three or more known positions.
▸ verb:  (digital image processing) To estimate a camera projection matrix from known position data and image entities.
▸ verb:  To redivide into new sections.
▸ verb:  (education) To transfer students into new class groupings or grade levels.
▸ verb:  (civil engineering) To deepen or widen a river or other natural watercourse for flood control, land drainage, or navigation.
▸ verb:  (civil engineering, chiefly India) To remove material from the surface of a road in order to achieve a uniform thickness.
▸ verb:  To thinly slice a specimen as part of its preparation, such as when preparing a microscope slide.
▸ verb:  To replace a worn section of tire with new tread.
▸ verb:  (UK, Australia, New Zealand) To readmit involuntarily into a mental hospital.
▸ Also see resection


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