section

sec•tion

[[t]ˈsɛk ʃən[/t]] n.

1) a distinct subdivision of anything, as an object or community

2) a distinct part or subdivision of a newspaper, legal code, chapter, etc

3) a part that is cut off or separated

4) one of a number of parts that can be fitted together to make a whole

5) gov one of the 36 subdivisions of a township, being one square mile (2.59 sq. km or 640 acres) in area

6) an act or instance of cutting; separation by cutting

7) srg

a) the making of a surgical incision

b) the incision itself

8) lab med a thin slice of a tissue, mineral, or the like, as for microscopic examination

9) a representation of an object as it would appear if cut by a plane, showing its internal structure

10)

a) mil a small military unit consisting of two or more squads

b) mil a small tactical division in naval and air units

11) rai a length of railroad track, roadbed, signal equipment, etc., maintained by a single crew

(section gang).

12) rai trs any of two or more trains, buses, or the like, running on the same route and considered as one unit

13) a segment of a naturally segmented fruit, as an orange

14) mad a division of an orchestra or band containing all the instruments of one class

15) Also called section mark

a mark (§) used to indicate a subdivision of a text or a reference to a footnote.

16) to cut or divide into sections

17) to cut through so as to show a section

18) srg to make a surgical incision

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Etymology: 1550–60; < L sectiō the act of cutting =sec(āre) to cut +-tiō -tion