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Definition of 'cross-section'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) cross section
a section created by a plane cutting a solid perpendicular to its longest axis

2. (noun) cross section
a sample meant to be representative of a whole population

3. (adj) cross section
(physics) the probability that a particular interaction (as capture or ionization) will take place between particles; measured in barns

4. (adj) cross-section(a), cross-sectional
representing a plane made by cutting across something at right angles to its length
"cross-section views of the neck"

Definition of 'cross-section'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) cross-section
a group that is representative of a larger group
to study a cross-section of the local population

2. cross-section
a view of the inside of a solid object that has been cut through the middle
to look at a cross section of the tissue

Translation of 'cross-section'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: (a drawing etc of) the area or surface made visible by cutting through something, eg an apple.
Afrikaans: dwarsdeur snee, dwarsdeur	Arabic: مَقْطَع عَرْضـي	Bulgarian: напречен разрез
Brazilian: corte transversal	Czech: příčný řez	German: der Querschnitt
Danish: tværsnit	Greek: εγκάρσια τομή	Spanish: corte transversal
Estonian: ristlõige	Farsi: برش عرضی؛ مقطع	Finnish: läpileikkaus
French: coupe transversale	Hebrew: חַתָך רוֹחָב	Hindi: अनुप्रस्थ परिच्छेद
Croatian: presjek	Hungarian: keresztmetszet	Indonesian: penampang lintang
Icelandic: þverskurður	Italian: sezione trasversale; pezz	Japanese: 横断面
Korean: 단면도	Lithuanian: skersinis pjūvis, skerspj	Latvian: šķērsgriezums
Malay: keratan rentas	Dutch: dwarsdoorsnede	Norwegian: tverrprofil, vinkelrett s
Polish: przekrój	Persian: برش عرضی؛ مقطع	Pashto: مقطع
Portuguese: corte transversal	Romanian: secţiune transversală	Russian: поперечное сечение
Slovak: priečny rez	Slovenian: prerez	Serbian: presek
Swedish: tvärsnitt	Thai: การตัดตามขวาง	Turkish: enine kesit
Taiwanese: 橫斷面	Ukrainian: поперечний переріз, профі	Urdu: اندرونى منظر
Vietnamese: thiết diện	Chinese: 横断面
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