cross-sectional
- adjective
- /ˌkrɔsˈsɛkʃənl/
- Specialized
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transversal
- The researchers conducted a cross-sectional study to analyze the health of different age groups at one point in time.
- cross-sectional study
- cross-sectional design
- cross-sectional survey
Make a guess as to the depth that'll give you the cross-sectional area of the river, and then multiply it times the speed of the flow.
- Make a guess as to the depth that'll give you the cross-sectional area of the river, and then multiply it times the speed of the flow.
Examples
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In a cross-sectional survey, participants are assessed simultaneously to understand their current behaviors or opinions.
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Because the present study was cross-sectional, it did not examine relationships between psychological distress and factors that change over time.
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First, this study was cross-sectional, thereby making it impossible to determine cause and effect.
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Note that cross-sectional relationships among the life course stages were not examined.
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A cross-sectional study design was used to collect information about ethnic food safety concerns.
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The cross-sectional data showed that students grew fastest in grades 2 and 3.
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The data were cross-sectional, and causality could not be established.
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The cross-sectional nature of these data does not allow for causality to be suggested.
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Because the survey was cross-sectional, relationships cannot be assumed to show causality.
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However, cross-sectional designs do not shed light on the origins of couples' similarities or differences.
Academic text (2004)
Synonyms
Showing the inside shape you see when you cut something across, like a tree trunk
Showing the inside of something as if cut through
How Exposed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Cross-sectional comes from two simple parts: cross meaning 'across' and section meaning 'a cut or part'. A helpful image is slicing an apple across to see its rings, because a cross-sectional view shows the inner structure of something.