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section
ˈsɛkʃ(ə)n Listen
Meanings
noun
  • any of the more or less distinct parts into which something is or may be divided or from which it is made up.
    E.g. I unscrewed every section of copper pipe, from the roof tank to the hot-water cylinder
  • a distinct group within a larger body of people or things.
    E.g. the non-parliamentary section of the party
  • the cutting of a solid by or along a plane.
verb
  • divide into sections.
    E.g. she began to section the grapefruit
  • commit (someone) compulsorily to a psychiatric hospital in accordance with a section of a mental health act.
    E.g. should she be sectioned and forced back into hospital?

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