section

noun · verbB1

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noun
Plural noun:
sections
  1. 1.

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

  2. 2.

    A part, piece, subdivision of anything.

  3. 3.

    A part of a document, especially a major part; often notated with §.

  4. 4.

    An act or instance of cutting.

  5. 5.

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

  6. 6.

    (surgery) An incision or the act of making an incision.

  7. 7.

    (sciences) thin section, a thin slice of material prepared as a specimen for research.

  8. 8.

    (botany) A taxonomic rank below the genus (and subgenus if present), but above the species.

  9. 9.

    (zoology) An informal taxonomic rank below the order ranks and above the family ranks.

  10. 10.

    (military) A group of 10-15 soldiers led by a non-commissioned officer and forming part of a platoon.

  11. 11.

    (New Zealand)A piece of residential land; a plot.

  12. 12.

    (Canada, US)(US, Canada, law and land surveying) Synonym of square mile, a unit of land area, especially in the contexts of Canadian surveys and American land grants and legal property descriptions.

    Đồng nghĩa: square mile

  13. 13.

    The symbol §, denoting a section of a document.

  14. 14.

    (geology) A sequence of rock layers.

  15. 15.

    (archaeology) Archeological section; vertical plane and cross-section of the ground to view its profile and stratigraphy; part of an archeological sequence.

  16. 16.

    (technology) Angle section, L-section, angle iron, steel angle, slotted angle.

  17. 17.

    (Philippines)(Philippines, education) A class in a school; a group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher in a certain school year or semester or school quarter year.

Động từ

verb
V_es/s
sections
V_ing/Gerund
sectioning
V_ed/pp
sectioned
  1. 1.

    (transitive)To cut, divide or separate into pieces.

  2. 2.

    (transitive)To reduce to the degree of thinness required for study with the microscope.

  3. 3.

    (Australia, New Zealand, UK, transitive)To commit (a person) to a hospital for mental health treatment as an involuntary patient. So called after various sections of legal acts regarding mental health.

    Đồng nghĩa: schedule

  4. 4.

    (transitive)(medicine) To perform a cesarean section on (someone).

    You may hear a physician say, "I don't want to section her until the baby declares itself."

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

square mileschedulesplit monomorphismsectiocuttingslicedivisionpartpiecesnippetbotany zoology sectiopiece created by cutting cutting, sliceany piece division, part, slice, piece, snippet

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Cùng gốc / liên quan

silcrowx-sectionquarter-sectiontime sectioncosectioncryosectiondownsectionecosectionhemisectionhistosectionhypersectioninfrasectionmicrosectionmidsectionmultisectionodontosectionpresectionsectionablesectionalsectionary

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro From Middle English seccioun, from Old French section, from Latin sectiō, from sectus, past participle of secāre (to cut). More at saw.

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