Results for section

Definitions of section:

part of speech: noun

Act of cutting: a division: a portion: 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: a square mile or 640 acres of land.

part of speech: noun

A part separated from the rest; a distinct part or portion; a division, as of a book, a country, & c.; the representation of any building or object as it would appear if cut or sliced through from top to bottom; in geom., the line formed by the intersection of two surfaces; the surface formed when a solid body is cut by a plane; in U. S., a tract of land of 640 acres.

part of speech: noun

The act of cutting, or separation by cutting; part or portion cut off; a representation of an object as if cut in two crosswise or lengthwise by a plane; as, a transverse section of a steam radiator; slice; subdivision of a chapter, law, etc.; distinct part of a country, people, community, or class.

Usage examples for section:

• Then came Von Hindenburg's victorious armies, and again this section was torn by shot and shell and wasted. "America's War for Humanity", Thomas Herbert Russell

• The section Mesopus, which has a distinct central stem, has some species which prefer the ground. "Fungi: Their Nature and Uses", Mordecai Cubitt Cooke

• And I would suggest that you leave this section of the city as quickly as possible. "Treachery in Outer Space", Carey Rockwell and Louis Glanzman

• The red line on the floor led to the planet section which was what he wanted. "Mezzerow Loves Company", Floyd L. Wallace