Meaning

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

    Abschnitt, Teil, Stück

    сече́ниеsečénije, разре́зrazréz, отре́зокotrézok

    сі́ченняsíčennja, ро́зрізrózriz

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

  2. A part, piece, subdivision of anything.

  3. A part, piece, subdivision of anything.

    A group of instruments in an orchestra.

    The horn section is the group of symphonic musicians who play the French horn.

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

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

    Abschnitt, Paragraf, Paragraph

    разде́лrazdél

    ро́зділrózdil, по́ділpódil

  5. An act or instance of cutting.

    Schnitt, Trennschnitt, Anschnitt

    разреза́ниеrazrezánije

    розрі́зуванняrozrízuvannja

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

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

    A cross-section perpendicular the longitudinal axis of an aircraft in flight.

  8. A function that generalizes the notion of the graph of a function; formally, a continuous right inverse to the projection map of a fiber bundle.

  9. A right inverse of a morphism in some category

  10. An object which is defined by analogy with sections of fiber bundles but in a more general setting (that of sheaves). Formally, an element of the image of an open set under the action of a (pre-)sheaf.

  11. An incision or the act of making an incision.

    Schnitt, Einschnitt

    разре́зrazréz, сече́ниеsečénije, рассече́ниеrassečénije

    ро́зрізrózriz, сі́ченняsíčennja

  12. Thin section, a thin slice of material prepared as a specimen for research.

    Schnitt, Profilschnitt, Dünnschliff

    срезsrez

    зрізzriz

Examples

244 sentences
  1. The section chief accepted the proposal.

    ruЗаведующий отделом принял предложение.

    deDer Abteilungsleiter nahm den Vorschlag an.

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  2. He works in the planning section.

    ruОн работает в отделе планирования.

    deEr arbeitet in der Planungsabteilung.

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  3. He belongs to the planning section.

    deEr gehört zur Planungsabteilung.

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  4. Tom read the sports section first.

    deTom las zuerst den Sportteil.

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  5. Do you have a non-smoking section?

    ruУ вас есть место для некурящих?

    deHaben Sie einen Nichtraucherbereich?

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 5
part, piece or subdivision of anything:
cutting, part cut out:
act or instance of cutting:
science: thin slice of material:
(military) group of 10-15 soldiers lead by a non-commissioned officer and forming part of a platoon:
Русский
By meaning 6
part, piece or subdivision of anything:
cutting, part cut out:
act or instance of cutting:
surgery: incision or the act of making an incision:
science: thin slice of material:
(military) group of 10-15 soldiers lead by a non-commissioned officer and forming part of a platoon:
Deutsch
By meaning 8
part, piece or subdivision of anything:
cutting, part cut out:
part of a document:
act or instance of cutting:
surgery: incision or the act of making an incision:
science: thin slice of material:
archeological section:
steel section, L-section:

Origin

From Middle English seccioun, from Old French section, from Latin sectiō (“cutting, cuttin

From Middle English seccioun, from Old French section, from Latin sectiō (“cutting, cutting off, excision, amputation of diseased parts of the body, etc.”), from sectus, past participle of secāre (“to cut”). More at saw.

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Forms

plural: sections
Singularsection
Pluralsections

regular

Synonyms

15 synonyms
piece created by cutting:sliceA2cutting
Close in meaning
  • one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object:segment
  • a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical):subdivision
  • a small class of students who are part of a larger course but are taught separately:discussion section
  • (geometry) the area created by a plane cutting through a solid:plane section
  • the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation):incisionsurgical incision

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

69 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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