section — Từ điển tiếng Anh

Danh từ

1. A cutting; a part cut out from the rest of something.

2. A part, piece, subdivision of anything.

   Ví dụ

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   Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. […] But the scandals kept coming, and so we entered stage three – what therapists call "bargaining". A broad section of the political class now recognises the need for change but remains unable to see the necessity of a fundamental overhaul. Instead it offers fixes and patches.

3. A part, piece, subdivision of anything. A group of instruments in an orchestra.

   Ví dụ

   The horn section is the group of symphonic musicians who play the French horn.

4. A part of a document, especially a major part; often notated with §.

5. An act or instance of cutting.

6. A cross-section (image that shows an object as if cut along a plane).

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   Japan and China also produced Noah's arks, where Noah was known as Fohi. They were of wood and beautifully decorated, the animals being bright in color and usually flat in section and fixed to flat stands.

7. A cross-section (image that shows an object as if cut along a plane). A cross-section perpendicular the longitudinal axis of an aircraft in flight.

8. A cross-section (image that shows an object as if cut along a plane). A function that generalizes the notion of the graph of a function; formally, a continuous right inverse to the projection map of a fiber bundle.

9. A cross-section (image that shows an object as if cut along a plane). A right inverse of a morphism in some category

   Từ đồng nghĩa

   split monomorphism

10. A cross-section (image that shows an object as if cut along a plane). An object which is defined by analogy with sections of fiber bundles but in a more general setting (that of sheaves). Formally, an element of the image of an open set under the action of a (pre-)sheaf.

    Từ có nghĩa hẹp hơn

    global section

11. An incision or the act of making an incision.

12. thin section, a thin slice of material prepared as a specimen for research.

13. A taxonomic rank below the genus (and subgenus if present), but above the species.

14. An informal taxonomic rank below the order ranks and above the family ranks.

15. A group of 10-15 soldiers led by a non-commissioned officer and forming part of a platoon.

16. A piece of residential land; a plot.

    Cách dùng

    • New-Zealand

17. Synonym of square mile, a unit of land area, especially in the contexts of Canadian surveys and American land grants and legal property descriptions.

    Cách dùng

    • Canada
    • cách dùng ở Mỹ

18. The symbol §, denoting a section of a document.

19. A sequence of rock layers.

20. Archeological section; vertical plane and cross-section of the ground to view its profile and stratigraphy; part of an archeological sequence.

21. Angle section, L-section, angle iron, steel angle, slotted angle.

22. A class in a school; a group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher in a certain school year or semester or school quarter year.

    Cách dùng

    • Philippines

Động từ

1. To cut, divide or separate into pieces.

   Cách dùng

   • ngoại động từ

   Ví dụ

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   Overlap spans and neutral sections have been provided at intervals along the line, which is thus sectioned electrically, not only at the feeder station and track sectioning cabins, but also by switches at certain overlap spans.

2. To reduce to the degree of thinness required for study with the microscope.

   Cách dùng

   • ngoại động từ

3. To commit (a person) to a hospital for mental health treatment as an involuntary patient. So called after various sections of legal acts regarding mental health.

   Cách dùng

   • Australia
   • New-Zealand
   • cách dùng ở Anh
   • ngoại động từ

   Từ đồng nghĩa

   schedule

   Ví dụ

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   Tribunals were set up as watchdogs in cases of compulsory detention (sectioning). […] Informal patients, however, could be sectioned, and this was often a fear of patients once they were in hospital.

   The doctor then sectioned her, making her an involuntary patient, and had her moved to a secure ward.

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   After explaining that for 7 years, from ’88 to ’95, I was permanently sectioned under the Mental Health act, robbed of my freedom, my integrity, my rights, I wrote at the time;- […]

4. To perform a cesarean section on (someone).

   Cách dùng

   • ngoại động từ

   Ví dụ

   "But if she's gone into active labour she could be bleeding massively and you may have to section her there and then."

   You may hear a physician say, "I don't want to section her until the baby declares itself."

Danh từ

1. a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical)

   Từ đồng nghĩa

   subdivision

   Từ có nghĩa rộng hơn

   writingwritten materialpiece of writingmusic

   Ví dụ

   he always turns first to the business section

   the history of this work is discussed in the next section

2. a very thin slice (of tissue or mineral or other substance) for examination under a microscope

   Từ có nghĩa rộng hơn

   slice

   Ví dụ

   sections from the left ventricle showed diseased tissue

3. a distinct region or subdivision of a territorial or political area or community or group of people

   Từ có nghĩa rộng hơn

   areacountry

   Ví dụ

   no section of the nation is more ardent than the South

   there are three synagogues in the Jewish section

4. one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object

   Từ đồng nghĩa

   segment

   Từ có nghĩa rộng hơn

   partportion

   Ví dụ

   a section of a fishing rod

   metal sections were used below ground

   Thêm ví dụ (1)

   finished the final segment of the road

5. a small team of policemen working as part of a police platoon

   Từ có nghĩa rộng hơn

   teamsquad

6. one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole

   Từ đồng nghĩa

   partdivision

   Từ có nghĩa rộng hơn

   conceptconceptionconstruct

   Ví dụ

   the written part of the exam

   the finance section of the company

   Thêm ví dụ (1)

   the BBC's engineering division

7. a land unit equal to 1 square mile

   Từ có nghĩa rộng hơn

   square mile

8. (geometry) the area created by a plane cutting through a solid

   Từ đồng nghĩa

   plane section

   Từ có nghĩa rộng hơn

   areaexpansesurface area

9. a small class of students who are part of a larger course but are taught separately

   Từ đồng nghĩa

   discussion section

   Từ có nghĩa rộng hơn

   classformgradecourse

   Ví dụ

   a graduate student taught sections for the professor's lecture course

10. a division of an orchestra containing all instruments of the same class

    Từ có nghĩa rộng hơn

    musical organizationmusical organisationmusical group

11. a small army unit usually having a special function

    Từ có nghĩa rộng hơn

    army unit

12. a specialized division of a large organization

    Từ đồng nghĩa

    department

    Từ có nghĩa rộng hơn

    division

    Ví dụ

    you'll find it in the hardware department

    she got a job in the historical section of the Treasury

13. a segment of a citrus fruit

    Từ có nghĩa rộng hơn

    segment

    Ví dụ

    he ate a section of the orange

14. the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation)

    Từ đồng nghĩa

    incisionsurgical incision

    Từ có nghĩa rộng hơn

    cutcutting

Động từ

1. divide into segments

   Từ đồng nghĩa

   segment

   Từ có nghĩa rộng hơn

   separatedividepart

   Ví dụ

   segment an orange

   segment a compound word