section
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Is section a Scrabble word?
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What is the meaning of section?
Definition
noun (English)
1. A part, piece, subdivision of anything.Examples: "The horn section is the group of symphonic musicians who play the French horn."
2. A cross-section (image that shows an object as if cut along a plane).
3. A cross-section (image that shows an object as if cut along a plane).
4. A cross-section (image that shows an object as if cut along a plane).Synonyms: split monomorphism
5. A cross-section (image that shows an object as if cut along a plane).
6. (surgery) An incision or the act of making an incision.
verb (English)
1. (UK, Australia, New Zealand) 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.Examples: "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."; "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;- […]"Synonyms: scheduleAustraliaNew-ZealandUKtransitive
2. (medicine) To perform a cesarean section on (someone).Examples: ""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.""transitive
Definition source: Wiktionary