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section::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | subdivision |
| Type of | writing, piece of writing, written material, music |
| Has types | spot, development, conclusion, sura, closing, close, sports section, end, ending, episode, exposition, clause, recapitulation, chapter, insert, introduction, canto, lead, lead-in, lede, mezuza, mezuzah, passage, book, narration, article, above, obbligato, obligato |
he always turns first to the business section.
the history of this work is discussed in the next section.
section::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | department |
| Type of | division |
| Has types | personnel, payroll department, academic department, payroll, security department, security, staff office, business department, government department, personnel office, personnel department |
she got a job in the historical section of the Treasury.
section::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | incision, surgical incision |
| Type of | cutting, cut |
| Has types | vasosection, vasotomy, venesection, laparotomy, sclerotomy, orchotomy, nephrotomy, gastromy, phlebotomy, perineotomy, valvotomy, valvulotomy, thoracotomy |
section::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | plane section |
| Type of | surface area, area, expanse |
| Has types | cross section |
section::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | division, part |
| Type of | conception, construct, concept |
| Has types | over, middle, inning, period, ingredient, high point, half, quarter, game, frame, round, second period, first period, final period, factor, end, element, constituent, turn, component, chukker, chukka, bout, beginning |
the finance section of the company.
section::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | discussion section |
| Type of | course, form, class, grade |
a graduate student taught sections for the professor's lecture course.
section::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | segment |
| Type of | portion, part |
| Has types | subsection, straight, leaf, length, dado, curve, bend, straightaway, subdivision |
a section of a fishing rod.
metal sections were used below ground.
section::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | area, country |
| Has types | neighbourhood, neighborhood, neck of the woods, vicinity, outskirts, locality |
no section of the nation is more ardent than the South.
there are three synagogues in the Jewish section.
section::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | musical organisation, musical group, musical organization |
| Has types | string section, brass, brass section, percussion, percussion section, reed section, rhythm section, strings |
section::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | square mile |
section::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | army unit |
section::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | slice |
sections from the left ventricle showed diseased tissue.
Examples of section
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Look for products in the natural foods section of your markets, and read labels.
From the thenewstribune.com
Then put up the section in the back, pinning it to the head in any way you like.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Kershner filed the application to delete that section of zoning law in December.
From the thenewstribune.com
The solution can be found in the price theory section of any economics textbook.
From the online.wsj.com
In another section of its cluster of computers, research focused on Moshe Dayan.
From the online.wsj.com
Share your thoughts in the comments section of the online version of this story.
From the sacbee.com
Cooley won, 82-77, and its cheering section went wild, chanting the school name.
From the freep.com
It's me-too music-download section gets blown away by AOL, MP3.com, and Napster.
From the businessweek.com
Equally alarming is the roster of victims, a cross-section of American business.
From the businessweek.com
- 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"
- Segment: divide into segments; "segment an orange"; "segment a compound word"
- A very thin slice (of tissue or mineral or other substance) for examination under a microscope; "sections from the left ventricle showed diseased tissue"
- 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"
- 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"; "finished the final segment of the road"
- A small team of policemen working as part of a police platoon
- In bookbinding, section (sometimes gathering) refers to a group of bifolios, or sheets of paper, stacked together and folded in half. ...
- In botany, a section is a low-level taxonomic rank directly below subgenus. See rank (botany) and rank (zoology). It is typically used to help organize very large genera, which may have hundreds of species.
- In category theory, a branch of mathematics, a section is a right inverse of a morphism. Dually, a retraction is a left inverse. In other words, if and are morphisms whose composition is the identity morphism on Y, then g is a section of f, and f is a retraction of g.
