Etymology : Latin section-, sectio, from secare to cut; more at SAW
Pronunciation : sek-sh&n
Function : noun
Date : 1534
1. part, segment; slice, piece; subdivision; region, district; paragraph, passage; department, unit. partition, divide into segments; cut into, make an incision. section\sec"tion\ , n. [l. sectio, fr. secare, sectum, to cut; akin to e. saw a cutting instrument: cf. f. section. see:
saw, and cf. scion, dissect, insect, secant, segment.].
2. the act of cutting, or separation by cutting; as, the section of bodies.
3. a part separated from something; a division; a portion; a slice. specifically: (a) 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. it is hardly possible to give a distinct view of his several arguments in distinct sections. (b) 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. the extreme section of one class consists of bigoted dotards, the extreme section of the other consists of shallow and reckless empirics. (c) 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 preëmption laws.
4. (geom.) 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.
5. (nat. hist.) a division of a genus; a group of species separated by some distinction from others of the same genus; -- often indicated by the sign §.
6. (mus.) a part of a musical period, composed of one or more phrases. see:
phrase.
7. 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.note: in mechanical drawing, as in these illustrations of a cannon, a longitudinal section (a) usually represents the object as cut through its center lengthwise and vertically; a cross or transverse section (b), as cut crosswise and vertically; and a horizontal section (c), as cut through its center horizontally. oblique sections are made at various angles. in architecture, a vertical section is a drawing showing the interior, the thickness of the walls, ets., as if made on a vertical plane passed through a building.
8. The act of cutting, or separation by cutting; as, the section of bodies.
9. A part separated from something; a division; a portion; a slice.
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. 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.
13. These sections are subdivided into quarter sections for sale under the homestead and preëmption laws.
14. 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.
15. In the first case the section is a superficies, in the second a line, and in the third a point.
16. A division of a genus; a group of species separated by some distinction from others of the same genus; often indicated by the sign §.
17. A part of a musical period, composed of one or more phrases.
18. See Phrase.
19. 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. 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" a self-contained part of a larger composition ; "he always turns first to the business section"; "the history of this work is discussed in the next section" a segment of a citrus fruit; "he ate a section of the orange" a small team of policemen working as part of a police platoon a small army unit usually having a special function a division of an orchestra containing all instruments of the same class the area created by a plane cutting through a solid 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" a very thin slice for examination under a microscope; "sections from the left ventricle showed diseased tissue" a land unit of 1 square mile measuring 1 mile on a side.
20. 1. A section of something is one of the parts into which it is divided or from which it is formed. He said it was wrong to single out any section of society for Aids testing They moulded a complete new bow section for the boat. a large orchestra, with a vast percussion section. the Georgetown section of Washington, D.C. see also:
cross-section.
21. If something is sectioned, it is divided into sections. It holds vegetables in place while they are being peeled or sectioned.
22. A section of an official document such as a report, law, or constitution is one of the parts into which it is divided. section 14 of the Trade Descriptions Act 1968.
23. A section is a diagram of something such as a building or a part of the body. It shows how the object would appear to you if it were cut from top to bottom and looked at from the side. For some buildings a vertical section is more informative than a plan.
24. Caesarean section: see:
Caesarean. cesarean section C section conic section cross section Third Section French Section of the Workers' International.
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