Definitions for cross-section

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cross-section cross-sec·tion

Spelling: [kraws-sek-shuh n, kros-]

IPA: /ˈkrɔsˈsɛk ʃən, ˈkrɒs-/

Cross-Section is a 13 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 848 anagrams from letters in cross-section (-cceinoorssst).

Definitions for cross-section

noun

1. a section made by a plane cutting anything transversely, especially at right angles to the longest axis.
2. a piece so cut off.
3. a photograph, diagram, or other pictorial representation of such a section.
4. the act of cutting anything across.
5. a typical selection; a sample showing all characteristic parts, relationships, etc.:
6. Surveying. a vertical section of the ground surface taken at right angles to a survey line.
7. Also called nuclear cross section. Physics. a quantity expressing the effective area that a given nucleus presents as a target to a bombarding particle, giving a measure of the probability that the particle will induce a reaction.

adjective

1. Also, cross-sectional. of or relating to a cross section.

verb (used with object)

1. to make or divide into a cross section.

Origin of cross-section

First recorded in 1875-80

Examples for cross-section

A' is the edge view, B' is the side view and C' is a cross-section.

The show presents a cross-section of works that blur the line between the humorous and absurd.

A cross-section diagram from the outer ear to the lobes of the brain.

Note the shape of the cross-section of the hull at the different sections.

“I just want the work to reach as large a cross-section of people as possible,” Montgomery said.

Figure 154 shows a sketch of the cross-section of the floor and girders.

The Tony Award nominees, announced Tuesday, are a cross-section of Most Talented and Most Popular.

I saw 'em fur years, with a big cuttin' out to show the cross-section.

Figure 131 is a cross-section of the tunnel showing the lining.

The Supreme Court is not supposed to comprise a cross-section of the American public, or of the American legal profession.