section

Definitions

1. 1noun

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

2. 2noun

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

3. 3noun

   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. 4noun

   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. 5noun

   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. 6noun

   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. 7noun

   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. 8noun

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

9. 9noun

   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.

10. 10noun

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

    Synonyms

    incision
11. 11noun

    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"

    Synonyms

    segment
12. 12noun

    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"

    Synonyms

    divisionpart
13. 13noun

    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"

    Synonyms

    subdivision
14. 14noun

    a segment of a citrus fruit

    "he ate a section of the orange"

15. 15noun

    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"

    Synonyms

    department
16. 16noun

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

17. 17noun

    a small army unit usually having a special function

18. 18noun

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

19. 19noun

    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"

20. 20noun

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

21. 21noun

    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"

22. 22noun

    a very thin slice (of tissue or mineral or other substance) for examination under a microscope

    "sections from the left ventricle showed diseased tissue"

23. 23noun

    a land unit equal to 1 square mile

24. 24verb

    divide into segments

    "segment an orange"

    "segment a compound word"

    Synonyms

    segment