1. One of several components; a piece. 2. A subdivision of a written work. 3.Law A division of a statute or code. 4. A distinct portion of a newspaper: the sports section.5. A distinct area of a town, county, or country: a residential section.6. A land unit equal to one square mile (2.59 square kilometers), 640 acres, or 1/36 of a township. 7. The act or process of separating or cutting, especially the surgical cutting or dividing of tissue. 8. A thin slice, as of tissue, suitable for microscopic examination. 9. A segment of a fruit, especially a citrus fruit. 10. Representation of a solid object as it would appear if cut by an intersecting plane, so that the internal structure is displayed. 11.Music A group of instruments or voices in the same class considered as a division of a band, orchestra, or choir: the rhythm section; the woodwind section.12. A class or discussion group of students taking the same course: She taught three sections of English composition.13a. A portion of railroad track maintained by a single crew. b. An area in a train's sleeping car containing an upper and lower berth. 14. An army tactical unit smaller than a platoon and larger than a squad. 15. A unit of vessels or aircraft within a division of armed forces. 16. One of two or more vehicles, such as a bus or train, given the same route and schedule, often used to carry extra passengers. 17a. The character (§) used in printing to mark the beginning of a section. b. This character used as the fourth in a series of reference marks for footnotes.
TRANSITIVE VERB:
Inflected forms: sec·tioned, sec·tion·ing, sec·tions 1. To separate or divide into parts. 2. To cut or divide (tissue) surgically. 3. To shade or crosshatch (part of a drawing) to indicate sections.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English seccioun, from Old French, from Latin secti, sectin-, from sectus, past participle of secre, to cut. See sek- in Appendix I.
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