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cross section - definition and meaning
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Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A section formed by a plane cutting through an object, usually at right angles to an axis.
- noun A piece so cut or a graphic representation of such a piece.
- noun Physics A quantity, measured in units of barns, used to express the probability of an encounter between particles over a given area in a collision.
- noun Statistics A sample meant to be representative of a whole population.
- noun Informal A variety; a diversity.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The area of a section, of a bar, tube, rod, or other body, taken at right angles to its axis.
- noun A section of something made by a plane passed through it at right angles to one of its axes, especially to its longest axis; a piece of some body cut or sliced off in a direction perpendicular to an axis of the body: as, a cross-section of a tree cut out to show the grain; a drawing of the cross-section of a ship.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb to create one or a series of
cross sections{3} by cutting (an object) into thin slices. - noun a flat plane cutting through a three-dimensional object, usually at right angles to the longest axis of the object.
- noun any visual representation of a
cross section{1} , showing the internal structure of the object in the plane of the cross section. - noun a thin slice of an object made by cutting it transversely.
- noun a representative sample of a complex group.
- noun (Physics) a measure of the probability that a nucleus will interact in a specified way with a bombarding particle, expressed as the effective area that the nucleus presents to the particle; -- called also
nuclear cross section .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A section formed by a
plane cutting through anobject , usually atright angles to anaxis . - noun statistics A
sample meant to berepresentative of a wholepopulation . - noun physics The
probability that a particular nuclearreaction will take place.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective representing a plane made by cutting across something at right angles to its length
- noun a section created by a plane cutting a solid perpendicular to its longest axis
- noun a sample meant to be representative of a whole population
- noun (physics) the probability that a particular interaction (as capture or ionization) will take place between particles; measured in barns
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Words with the same meaning
- adjunct
- chiasma
- component
- contingent
- crossing
- cruciation
- decussation
- detachment
- detail
- division
- dole
- embodiment
- example
- exponent
- fraction
- installment
- intercrossing
- intersecting
- intersection
- item
- parcel
- part
- particular
- percentage
- portion
- quadrant
- quarter
- quota
- random sample
- remainder
- representation
- representative
- sample
- sampling
- section
- sector
- segment
- share
- specimen
- subdivision
- subgroup
- subspecies
- transection
- transversion
- traversal
- type
- typification
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