English Dictionary

section

/ˈsɛkʃən/

noun

A cutting; a part cut out from the rest of something. / A part, piece, subdivision of anything. / (music) A group of instruments in an orchestra. / A part of a document. / An act or instance of cutting.

I need to cut this section of the fabric.

意味（1）

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

意味（2）

A part, piece, subdivision of anything.

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(music) A group of instruments in an orchestra.

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

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A part of a document.

意味（5）

An act or instance of cutting.

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

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

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

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(surgery, colloquial) Short for Caesarean section.

They had planned to go into my section scar but the surgeon didnʼt think he could see well enough.

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

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

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

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

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(category theory) A right inverse.

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

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(Canada) A one-mile square area of land, defined by a government survey.

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(US, historical) Any of the squares, each containing 640 acres, into which the public lands of the United States were divided.

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The symbol §, denoting a section of a document.

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(geology) A sequence of rock layers.

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(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.