section
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6.5
- noun
- /ˈsɛkʃən/
- Specialized
:
sección
- Each section in the rectangular survey system measures one square mile.
Examples
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A quarter section is a lot of land, particularly when you've shaped every inch of it yourself.
Fiction book (2002) -
We're drilling for some gas out on a section of the ranch.
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This whole section's being built on your land.
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The island was eight miles long, and the map divided it into several large sections.
Fiction book (1990) -
Their entire acreage, however, was located in section 8 of the study area.
Academic text (1991) -
Each team is in charge of a single section of the critical 12-square-mile radius.
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I want a young farmer, homesteading a quarter section.
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The gravel road jogged east and north, east and north again along the section boundaries.
Fiction book (1994) -
"Leslie lived in a neat one-bedroom apartment in the Brandywine section of Lexington."
Fiction book (1998) -
The farmer owns a large section of land where he raises cattle.
Synonyms
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1.9
An area equal to a square with sides one mile long
Compounds
- Specialized
41
3.4
A surgery to deliver a baby by making cuts in the mother's abdomen and womb
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1
3.7
A surface or shape made by cutting through an object across its longest part
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3.5
A group of musicians in an orchestra who play instruments like violins and cellos
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1
3.7
An operation to help a woman have a baby by making cuts in her belly and womb
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1
7.5
A special way to divide a line or shape so the parts follow a fixed proportion often used in art
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A curve made when a flat surface cuts a cone, like an ellipse, parabola, or hyperbola
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Showing the inside shape you see when you cut something across, like a tree trunk
A small group in a course where students meet to talk about material, usually led by a teaching assistant
A part of the British government that protects the country from spies and other internal threats
A British government service that gathers secret information abroad and runs secret operations
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A drawing that shows what a building or object looks like when cut horizontally
A teacher who leads a part of a college course, like a lab or discussion group
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A drawing that shows the inside of a building or machine as if you cut it from top to bottom
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Section comes from the Latin secare 'to cut', and as land was divided into square parts people called each 'cut off' square a section, now used for a one square mile unit.