Topic: GEOGRAPHY
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| Date: | 1300-1400 |
| Language: | Latin |
| Origin: | sectio, from secare 'to cut' |
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sec‧tion1 S1 W1
1 one of the parts that something such as an object or place is divided into 
The plane's tail section was found in a cornfield.the smoking section (=where you can smoke)
place/object
[countable]The plane's tail section was found in a cornfield.the smoking section (=where you can smoke)2 one of the separate parts of a structure, piece of furniture etc that you fit together to form the whole
part of a whole
[countable]3 a separate part of a book, newspaper, document, report etc : This issue will be discussed further in section 2.
book/newspaper/report
[countable]TCNThis issue will be discussed further in section 2. sports/style/business/travel etc section (=particular part of a newspaper)
4 a separate group within a larger group of people
group of people
[countable] section of a large section of the American public
a large section of the American public5 the people or person in a band or orchestra, who play the brass, rhythm etc instruments
brass/rhythm/woodwind/string etc section
6 one of the parts of a law or a legal document : Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution
law
[countable]Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution7 a picture that shows what a building, part of the body etc would look like if it were cut from top to bottom or side to side [↪ cross-section]
side/top view
[uncountable and countable]AVD technical8
medical/scientific
technicala) [uncountable and countable]MH a medical operation that involves cutting
➔ caesarean section
at caesareanb) [countable]MH a very thin flat piece that is cut from skin, a plant etc to be looked at under a microscope
9 a square area of land in the US that is one mile long on each side
area of land
[countable] American EnglishSG10 the shape that is made when a solid figure is cut by a flat surface in mathematics
