What does Section mean?

Definitions for Section
ˈsɛk ʃənsec·tion

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. section, subdivisionnoun

    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. sectionnoun

    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. sectionnoun

    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. section, segmentnoun

    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. sectionnoun

    a small team of policemen working as part of a police platoon

  6. part, section, divisionnoun

    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. sectionnoun

    a land unit equal to 1 square mile

  8. section, plane sectionnoun

    (geometry) the area created by a plane cutting through a solid

  9. section, discussion sectionnoun

    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. sectionnoun

    a division of an orchestra containing all instruments of the same class

  11. sectionnoun

    a small army unit usually having a special function

  12. department, sectionnoun

    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. sectionnoun

    a segment of a citrus fruit

    "he ate a section of the orange"

  14. incision, section, surgical incisionverb

    the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation)

  15. segment, sectionverb

    divide into segments

    "segment an orange"; "segment a compound word"

Wiktionary

  1. sectionnoun

    A cutting; a part cut out from the rest of something.

  2. sectionnoun

    A part, piece, subdivision of anything.

  3. sectionnoun

    A part of a document.

  4. sectionnoun

    An act or instance of cutting.

  5. sectionnoun

    A cross-section (image that shows an object as if cut along a plane).

  6. sectionnoun

    An incision or the act of making an incision.

  7. sectionnoun

    A thin slice of material prepared as a specimen for research.

  8. sectionnoun

    A group of 10-15 soldiers lead by a non-commissioned officer and forming part of a platoon.

  9. sectionnoun

    A right inverse.

  10. sectionverb

    To cut, divide or separate into pieces.

  11. sectionverb

    To commit, as for mental health reasons.

  12. sectionnoun

    A piece of residential land usually a quarter of an acre, a plot.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Sectionnoun

    Etymology: section, French; sectio, Latin.

    In the section of bodies, man, of all sensible creatures, has the fullest brain to his proportion. Henry Wotton.

    Instead of their law, which they might not read openly, they read of the prophets, that which in likeness of matter came nearest to each section of their law. Richard Hooker.

    The production of volatile salts I reserve ’till I mention them in another section. Boyle.

    Without breaking in upon the connection of his language, it is hardly possible to give a distinct view of his several arguments in distinct sections. John Locke.

ChatGPT

  1. section

    A section can be defined as a distinct, separate part or subdivision of a larger whole, often forming one of several components. This term can be used in multiple contexts such as in a book, document, piece of legislation, or geographical area, among others. It may also refer to a cut made across something to view it perpendicularly.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Sectionnoun

    the act of cutting, or separation by cutting; as, the section of bodies

  2. Sectionnoun

    a part separated from something; a division; a portion; a slice

  3. Sectionnoun

    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. Sectionnoun

    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. Sectionnoun

    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. Sectionnoun

    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. Sectionnoun

    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. Sectionnoun

    a part of a musical period, composed of one or more phrases. See Phrase

  9. Sectionnoun

    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

Wikidata

  1. Section

    A section is a small military unit in some armies. In many armies, it is a squad of seven to twelve soldiers. However in France and armies based on the French model, it is the sub-division of a company.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Section

    sek′shun, n. act of cutting: a division: a portion: a distinct part of a book: the plan of any object cut through, as it were, to show its interior: the line formed by the intersection of two surfaces: the surface formed when a solid is cut by a plane: one of the squares, each containing 640 acres, into which the public lands of the United States are divided: (zool.) a group: the sign §, as a mark of reference.—v.t. to divide into sections, as a ship; to reduce to the degree of thinness required for study with the microscope.—adjs. Sec′tile, Sec′tive, capable of being cut.—n. Sectil′ity.—adj. Sec′tional, pertaining to a section or distinct part: local.—n. Sec′tionalism, the spirit of a class, commercial or political.—adv. Sec′tionally.—ns. Sec′tion-beam, in warping, a roller which receives the yarn from the spools; Sec′tion-cut′ter, an instrument used for making sections for microscopic work.—v.t. Sec′tionise, to render sectional in scope or spirit.—ns. Sec′tion-lin′er, a draftsman's instrument for ruling parallel lines; Sec′tion-plane, a cut surface; Sec′tioplanog′raphy, a method of laying down the sections of engineering work in railways; Sec′tiuncle, a petty sect.

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.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. section

    A draught or figure representing the internal parts of a ship cut by a plane at any particular place athwart ships or longitudinally.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. section

    A certain proportion of a battalion or company, when it is told off for military movements and evolutions.

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Section' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #491

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Section' in Written Corpus Frequency: #893

  3. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Section' in Nouns Frequency: #137

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Anagrams for Section »

  1. noetics

  2. notices

  3. contise

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Section in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Section in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Section in a Sentence

  1. John Caulfield:

    As an Interests Section, we were kind of radioactive for Cubans, this is a signal to Cuba and all Cubans that even if we don't have a normal relationship, we have a formal relationship.

  2. Adam Kushner:

    What do you do if a woman shows up in obstructed labour and needs an emergency caesarean section and it's the dry season and the rain barrel is empty? you can't operate with dirty instruments, but if you don't she's going to die. This is the sort of dilemma that surgeons in these hospitals face.

  3. Richard Vegh:

    Three companies are listed in the MSCI Hungary index now. The minimum goal in five years is five, but preferably more, with five to eight really liquid blue chips our market cap and daily turnover would grow substantially, with an SME section on the side with slightly different investors.

  4. Donald Trump:

    We're almost having a groundbreaking, it's such a big section, it's probably the biggest section we'll get out.

  5. Chris Kear:

    There was a whole section of one part of the building that collapsed, the rooms, the hallways, the staircases -- there was a pretty major collapse. When you see the building in the back here, the back of the building collapsed, and some areas in the front of the building collapsed.

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