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Cross-sectional

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Adjective

1. cross-sectional

of or relating to a cross section

Example Sentences:
'a cross-sectional slice'

2. cross-section, cross-sectional

representing a plane made by cutting across something at right angles to its length

Example Sentences:
'cross-section views of the neck'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Cross-sectional

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noun
1. 
a random selection or sample
a cross-section of the public
2. 
variety
I was surprised at the cross-section of people there.
a wide cross-section of sport
3. 
a section formed by cutting across a solid, esp perpendicular to its longest axis
a cross-section of a human brain
a cross-section of an aeroplane
noun
1. mathematics
a plane surface formed by cutting across a solid, esp perpendicular to its longest axis
2. 
a section cut off in this way
3. 
the act of cutting anything in this way
4. 
a random selection or sample, esp one regarded as representative
a cross section of the public
5. surveying
a vertical section of a line of ground at right angles to a survey line
6. physics
a measure of the probability that a collision process will result in a particular reaction. It is expressed by the effective area that one participant presents as a target for the other

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Cross-sectional

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1. 
a. 
a cutting through something, esp. at a right angle
b. 
a piece so cut off
c. 
a drawing or photograph of a plane surface exposed by such a cutting
2. 
a sample that has enough of each kind in it to show what the whole is like
3.  Nuclear Physics
a measure of the probability that a nuclear reaction will take place, under specified conditions, between two particles or a particle and another target: usually expressed in terms of the effective area a single target presents to the incoming particle
see also barn
4.  Surveying
a vertical section of the ground surface taken at right angles to a survey line

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Cross-sectional

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n.
1.
a. A section formed by a plane cutting through an object, usually at right angles to an axis.
b. A piece so cut or a graphic representation of such a piece.
2. 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. Also called collision cross section.
3. Statistics A sample meant to be representative of a whole population.
4. Informal A variety; a diversity.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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