Definition of section

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Section (n.) 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..

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Vivisection :: Vivisection (n.) The dissection of an animal while alive, for the purpose of making physiological investigations..
Section :: Section (n.) A part of a musical period, composed of one or more phrases. See Phrase..
Prytanis :: Prytanis (n.) A member of one of the ten sections into which the Athenian senate of five hundred was divided, and to each of which belonged the presidency of the senate for about one tenth of the year..
Ogee :: Ogee (n.) A molding, the section of which is the form of the letter S, with the convex part above; cyma reversa. See Illust. under Cyma..
Regional :: Regional (a.) Of or pertaining to a particular region; sectional.
Venesection :: Venesection (n.) The act or operation of opening a vein for letting blood; bloodletting; phlebotomy.
Cable :: Cable (n.) A molding, shaft of a column, or any other member of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the spiral twist of a rope; -- called also cable molding..
Crossing :: Crossing (v. t.) Intersection, as of two paths or roads..
Capital :: Capital (a.) A chapter, or section, of a book..
Dissecting :: Dissecting (a.) Of or pertaining to, or received during, a dissection; as, a dissecting wound..
Microtome :: Microtome (n.) An instrument for making very thin sections for microscopical examination.
Sectionality :: Sectionality (n.) The state or quality of being sectional; sectionalism.
Accent :: Accent (n.) The rhythmical accent, which marks phrases and sections of a period..
Boss :: Boss (n.) A projecting ornament placed at the intersection of the ribs of ceilings, whether vaulted or flat, and in other situations..
Subject :: Subject (a.) That which is subjected, or submitted to, any physical operation or process; specifically (Anat.), a dead body used for the purpose of dissection..
Ellipse :: Ellipse (n.) An oval or oblong figure, bounded by a regular curve, which corresponds to an oblique projection of a circle, or an oblique section of a cone through its opposite sides. The greatest diameter of the ellipse is the major axis, and the least diameter is the minor axis. See Conic section, under Conic, and cf. Focus..
Resurrectionist :: Resurrectionist (n.) One who steals bodies from the grave, as for dissection..
Cylindrical :: Cylindrical (a.) Having the form of a cylinder, or of a section of its convex surface; partaking of the properties of the cylinder..
Splenotomy :: Splenotomy (n.) Dissection or anatomy of the spleen.
Monoclinic :: Monoclinic (a.) Having one oblique intersection; -- said of that system of crystallization in which the vertical axis is inclined to one, but at right angles to the other, lateral axis. See Crystallization..
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