DICTOMETER

SECTIONS

(section, corte, inciso, sección <font class="fm">f</font>, avsnitt, flenge, gapende sår, hogg, seksjon, snitt)

1. Synonyms:
   • Section
   • Subdivision
   Definitions:
   • a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical)
   Examples:
   • He always turns first to the business section
   • The history of this work is discussed in the next section
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Section
   Definitions:
   • a very thin slice (of tissue or mineral or other substance) for examination under a microscope
   Examples:
   • Sections from the left ventricle showed diseased tissue
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Section
   Definitions:
   • a distinct region or subdivision of a territorial or political area or community or group of people
   Examples:
   • No section of the nation is more ardent than the South
   • There are three synagogues in the Jewish section
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Section
   • Segment
   Definitions:
   • one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object
   Examples:
   • A section of a fishing rod
   • Metal sections were used below ground
   • Finished the final segment of the road
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Section
   Definitions:
   • a small team of policemen working as part of a police platoon
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Part
   • Section
   • Division
   Definitions:
   • one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole
   Examples:
   • The written part of the exam
   • The finance section of the company
   • The BBC's engineering division
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Section
   Definitions:
   • a land unit equal to 1 square mile
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Section
   • Plane section
   Definitions:
   • (geometry) the area created by a plane cutting through a solid
   
   
9. Synonyms:
   • Section
   • Discussion section
   Definitions:
   • a small class of students who are part of a larger course but are taught separately
   Examples:
   • A graduate student taught sections for the professor's lecture course
   
   
10. Synonyms:
    • Section
    Definitions:
    • a division of an orchestra containing all instruments of the same class
    
    
11. Synonyms:
    • Section
    Definitions:
    • a small army unit usually having a special function
    
    
12. Synonyms:
    • Department
    • Section
    Definitions:
    • a specialized division of a large organization
    Examples:
    • You'll find it in the hardware department
    • She got a job in the historical section of the Treasury
    
    
13. Synonyms:
    • Section
    Definitions:
    • a segment of a citrus fruit
    Examples:
    • He ate a section of the orange
    
    
14. Synonyms:
    • Incision
    • Section
    • Surgical incision
    Definitions:
    • the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation)
    
    

1. Synonyms:
   • Segment
   • Section
   Definitions:
   • divide into segments
   Examples:
   • Segment an orange
   • Segment a compound word