Definitions of section [ˈsɛk ʃən]

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Definition of 'section'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) section
a distinct subdivision of anything, as an object or community.

2.  section
a distinct part or subdivision of a newspaper, legal code, chapter, etc.

3.  section
a part that is cut off or separated.

4.  section
one of a number of parts that can be fitted together to make a whole.

5.  section
one of the 36 subdivisions of a township, being one square mile (2.59 sq. km or 640 acres) in area.

6.  section
an act or instance of cutting; separation by cutting.

7.  section
the making of a surgical incision.

8.  section
the incision itself.

9.  section
a thin slice of a tissue, mineral, or the like, as for microscopic examination.

10.  section
a representation of an object as it would appear if cut by a plane, showing its internal structure.

11.  section
a small military unit consisting of two or more squads.

12.  section
a small tactical division in naval and air units.

13.  section
a length of railroad track, roadbed, signal equipment, etc., maintained by a single crew

14.  section
any of two or more trains, buses, or the like, running on the same route and considered as one unit.

15.  section
a segment of a naturally segmented fruit, as an orange.

16.  section
a division of an orchestra or band containing all the instruments of one class.

17. (v.t.) section
to cut or divide into sections.

18.  section
to cut through so as to show a section.

19.  section
to make a surgical incision.

Etymology: (1550–60; < L sectiō the act of cutting =sec(āre) to cut +-tiō -tion)

Definition of 'section'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) section, subdivision
a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical)
"he always turns first to the business section"; "the history of this work is discussed in the next section"

2. (noun) section
a very thin slice (of tissue or mineral or other substance) for examination under a microscope
"sections from the left ventricle showed diseased tissue"

3. (noun) section
a distinct region or subdivision of a territorial or political area or community or group of people
"no section of the nation is more ardent than the South"; "there are three synagogues in the Jewish section"

4. (noun) section, segment
one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object
"a section of a fishing rod"; "metal sections were used below ground"; "finished the final segment of the road"

5. (noun) section
a small team of policemen working as part of a police platoon

6. (noun) part, section, division
one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole
"the written part of the exam"; "the finance section of the company"; "the BBC's engineering division"

7. (noun) section
a land unit equal to 1 square mile

8. (noun) section, plane section
(geometry) the area created by a plane cutting through a solid

9. (noun) section, discussion section
a small class of students who are part of a larger course but are taught separately
"a graduate student taught sections for the professor's lecture course"

10. (noun) section
a division of an orchestra containing all instruments of the same class

11. (noun) section
a small army unit usually having a special function

12. (noun) department, section
a specialized division of a large organization
"you'll find it in the hardware department"; "she got a job in the historical section of the Treasury"

13. (noun) section
a segment of a citrus fruit
"he ate a section of the orange"

14. (verb) incision, section, surgical incision
the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation)

15. (verb) segment, section
divide into segments
"segment an orange"; "segment a compound word"

Definition of 'section'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) section
one part or division of sth
the travel section of the newspaper; Reference materials are in this section of the library.

Definition of 'section'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) section
the act of cutting, or separation by cutting; as, the section of bodies

2. (noun) section
a part separated from something; a division; a portion; a slice

3. (noun) section
a distinct part or portion of a book or writing; a subdivision of a chapter; the division of a law or other writing; a paragraph; an article; hence, the character /, often used to denote such a division

4. (noun) section
a distinct part of a country or people, community, class, or the like; a part of a territory separated by geographical lines, or of a people considered as distinct

5. (noun) section
one of the portions, of one square mile each, into which the public lands of the United States are divided; one thirty-sixth part of a township. These sections are subdivided into quarter sections for sale under the homestead and preemption laws

6. (noun) section
the figure made up of all the points common to a superficies and a solid which meet, or to two superficies which meet, or to two lines which meet. In the first case the section is a superficies, in the second a line, and in the third a point

7. (noun) section
a division of a genus; a group of species separated by some distinction from others of the same genus; -- often indicated by the sign /

8. (noun) section
a part of a musical period, composed of one or more phrases. See Phrase

9. (noun) section
the description or representation of anything as it would appear if cut through by any intersecting plane; depiction of what is beyond a plane passing through, or supposed to pass through, an object, as a building, a machine, a succession of strata; profile

Definition of 'section'

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

1. section
1. As applied to ships or naval aircraft, a tactical subdivision of a division. It is normally one-half of a division in the case of ships, and two aircraft in the case of aircraft. 2. A subdivision of an office, installation, territory, works, or organization; especially a major subdivision of a staff. 3. A tactical unit of the Army and Marine Corps. A section is smaller than a platoon and larger than a squad. In some organizations the section, rather than the squad, is the basic tactical unit. 4. An area in a warehouse extending from one wall to the next; usually the largest subdivision of one floor.

Translation of 'section'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a part or division He divided the orange into sections; There is disagreement in one section of the community; the accounts section of the business.
Afrikaans: afdeling, seksie	Arabic: قِسْم	Bulgarian: част
Brazilian: secção	Czech: část, díl, vrstva	German: der Teil
Danish: del; -del	Greek: τμήμα, κομμάτι, υποδιαίρε	Spanish: sección
Estonian: lõik, osakond	Farsi: بخش	Finnish: osa
French: section	Hebrew: חֶלֶק	Hindi: भाग
Croatian: dio, odsjek	Hungarian: szelet; szakasz; rész(leg	Indonesian: bagian
Icelandic: hluti; hópur; deild	Italian: parte; sezione	Japanese: 部分
Korean: 부분	Lithuanian: dalis	Latvian: daļa
Malay: bahagian	Dutch: deel, afdeling	Norwegian: del; appelsinbåt; avdelin
Polish: kawałek, segment, dział	Persian: بخش	Pashto: برخه، حصه، ونډه، فصل (دكت
Portuguese: secção	Romanian: secţiune; secţie	Russian: часть; секция
Slovak: časť	Slovenian: del	Serbian: deo
Swedish: del, klyfta, avdelning, s	Thai: ส่วนหนึ่ง; แบ่งแยก	Turkish: bölüm
Taiwanese: 部分	Ukrainian: відрізок; сегмент	Urdu: حصہ، جزو
Vietnamese: khu vực, bộ phận	Chinese: 部分
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