section

/ˈsɛkʃən/

noun

1
A cutting; a part cut out from the rest of something.
2
A part, piece, subdivision of anything.
3
A part of a document.
4
An act or instance of cutting.
5
A cross-section (image that shows an object as if cut along a plane).
6
An incision or the act of making an incision.
7
A thin slice of material prepared as a specimen for research.
8
A taxonomic rank below the genus (and subgenus if present), but above the species.
9
An informal taxonomic rank below the order ranks and above the family ranks.
10
A group of 10-15 soldiers led by a non-commissioned officer and forming part of a platoon.
11
A right inverse.
12
A piece of residential land; a plot.
13
A one-mile square area of land, defined by a government survey.
14
Any of the squares, each containing 640 acres, into which the public lands of the United States were divided.
15
The symbol §, denoting a section of a document.
16
A sequence of rock layers.

1
To cut, divide or separate into pieces.
2
To reduce to the degree of thinness required for study with the microscope.
3
To commit (a person, to a hospital, with or without their consent), as for mental health reasons. So called after various sections of legal acts regarding mental health.
4
Medical To perform a cesarean section on (someone).

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