horizontal+section

  • 1horizontal section — noun a mechanical drawing of an object as if made by a plane cutting through it horizontally • Hypernyms: ↑mechanical drawing * * * noun : a section representing an object as cut horizontally through its center …

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  • 2Section — Sec tion, n. [L. sectio, fr. secare, sectum, to cut; akin to E. saw a cutting instrument: cf. F. section. See {Saw}, and cf. {Scion}, {Dissect}, {Insect}, {Secant}, {Segment}.] 1. The act of cutting, or separation by cutting; as, the section of… …

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  • 3Section liner — Section Sec tion, n. [L. sectio, fr. secare, sectum, to cut; akin to E. saw a cutting instrument: cf. F. section. See {Saw}, and cf. {Scion}, {Dissect}, {Insect}, {Secant}, {Segment}.] 1. The act of cutting, or separation by cutting; as, the… …

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  • 4Section (typography) — Section break redirects here. For the term s use in overhead lines, see Overhead lines#Breaks. Open pages of the book Alice s Adventures in Wonderland, showing an ornate section break on the lower left page created from asterisks. It is used to… …

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  • 5horizontal — horizontal, ale, aux [ ɔrizɔ̃tal, o ] adj. et n. f. • orizontal 1545; de horizon I ♦ Adj. 1 ♦ Qui est parallèle à l horizon astronomique, perpendiculaire à la direction de la pesanteur en un lieu (opposé à vertical). Plan horizontal; ligne,… …

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  • 6Section headers of a Chinese dictionary — Section headers (in Chinese, 部首 bùshǒu), also known as index keys or classifiers , are graphic portions of Chinese characters which are used for organizing entries in Chinese dictionaries in sections which all share the same graphic part. In… …

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  • 7Section Z — Éditeur Capcom Développeur Capcom Date de sortie Décembre 1985 …

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  • 8Section — 1) In anatomy, a slice of tissue. A biopsy obtained by surgery is usually sectioned (sliced), and these sections are inspected under a microscope. 2) In obstetrics, short for Caesarian section. 3) In surgery, the division of tissue during an… …

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  • 9Thin section — Section Sec tion, n. [L. sectio, fr. secare, sectum, to cut; akin to E. saw a cutting instrument: cf. F. section. See {Saw}, and cf. {Scion}, {Dissect}, {Insect}, {Secant}, {Segment}.] 1. The act of cutting, or separation by cutting; as, the… …

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  • 10section — n. & v. n. 1 a part cut off or separated from something. 2 each of the parts into which a thing is divided (actually or conceptually) or divisible or out of which a structure can be fitted together. 3 a distinct group or subdivision of a larger… …

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