Literary notes about sections (AI summary)
The word “sections” is employed in literature to mark distinct subdivisions within a larger whole, whether that refers to parts of a work, portions of a machine, segments of a community, or divisions of an argument. In botanical and taxonomic writings, it can describe subordinate classifications within a species, as in the grouping of C. pepo varieties [1]. In technical contexts, “sections” denote specific parts of machinery or structural components, seen in detailed descriptions of motor parts and architectural elements [2, 3, 4]. Legal and scholarly texts often refer to numbered sections to organize complex materials or to facilitate precise citation, an approach used in works discussing common law and constitutional frameworks [5, 6, 7, 8]. Additionally, the term is extended metaphorically in discussions of social or geographical segments, where different “sections” of a community or territory are highlighted [9, 10, 11]. This varied usage underscores the flexibility of “sections” in literature as a tool for both structural clarity and thematic nuance.
- The forms of C. pepo are classed by Naudin under seven sections, each including subordinate varieties.
— from The King James Version of the Bible - —End and cross sections of a two-cylinder motor.
— from How it Works by Archibald Williams - The rails of each section are all bonded together so as to be in metallic contact, and each section is insulated from the two neighbouring sections.
— from How it Works by Archibald Williams - Above this, the upper sections are to be laid out, midway between (the lower sections), with alternating passage-ways.
— from The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio - Sal., Sections 15, 23-25, tr.
— from The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes - Sections 202-207.
— from The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes - c. 37); Littleton, Sections 237-240, 588, 589; 3 Bl. Comm. 170; 3 Cruise, Dig., tit. xxviii., Rents, ch. 2, Section 34.
— from The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes - Sections 75, 76; D. 9. 4. 2, Section 1.
— from The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes - The Dinner Hour In America the dinner hour is not a fixture, since it varies in various sections of the country.
— from Etiquette by Emily Post - If the Jews were persecuted in a less enlightened age, so were many other sections of the community.
— from Secret societies and subversive movements by Nesta Helen Webster - Indeed, nearly all of the emigrants had come from these sections.
— from A History of Norwegian Immigration to the United States by George T. Flom