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A section formed by a plane cutting through an object, usually at right angles to an axis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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A sample meant to be representative of a whole population.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics
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A measure for the probability that a particular nuclear reaction will take place, typically denoted σ and having units of barns.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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(physics) the probability that a particular interaction (as capture or ionization) will take place between particles; measured in barns
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: probability, chance
a sample meant to be representative of a whole population
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Broader terms: sample
a section created by a plane cutting a solid perpendicular to its longest axis
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: section, plane section
Narrower terms: profile
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Across languages
Translations
48 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
на́пречен ра́зрез
(náprečen rázrez)
— section formed by a plane cutting through an object
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Bulgarian:
на́пречно сече́ние
(náprečno sečénie)
— section formed by a plane cutting through an object
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Chinese Mandarin:
橫截面 /横截面
(héngjiémiàn)
— section formed by a plane cutting through an object
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Czech:
příčný řez
— section formed by a plane cutting through an object
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Czech:
průřez
— section formed by a plane cutting through an object
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Dutch:
doorsnede
— section formed by a plane cutting through an object
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Dutch:
dwarsdoorsnede
— section formed by a plane cutting through an object
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Dutch:
dwarsdoorsnee
— section formed by a plane cutting through an object
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Finnish:
poikkileikkaus
— section formed by a plane cutting through an object
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French:
section transversale
— section formed by a plane cutting through an object
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German:
Querschnitt
— section formed by a plane cutting through an object
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German:
Kreuzschnitt
— section formed by a plane cutting through an object
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German:
Profil
— section formed by a plane cutting through an object
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Greek:
διατομή
(diatomí)
— section formed by a plane cutting through an object
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Hindi:
अनुप्रस्थ काट
(anuprasth kāṭ)
— section formed by a plane cutting through an object
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Hindi:
अनुप्रस्थ परिच्छेद
(anuprasth paricched)
— section formed by a plane cutting through an object
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Hungarian:
keresztmetszet
— section formed by a plane cutting through an object
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Italian:
spaccato
— section formed by a plane cutting through an object
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Japanese:
横断面
(ōdanmen)
— section formed by a plane cutting through an object
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Northern Kurdish:
birgeha panî
— section formed by a plane cutting through an object
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Northern Kurdish:
panîbirgeh
— section formed by a plane cutting through an object
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Latvian:
šķēlums
— section formed by a plane cutting through an object
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Māori:
topenga
— section formed by a plane cutting through an object
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Māori:
tirohanga topenga
— section formed by a plane cutting through an object
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Norwegian:
tverrsnitt
— section formed by a plane cutting through an object
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Polish:
przekrój
— section formed by a plane cutting through an object
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Portuguese:
secção transversal
— section formed by a plane cutting through an object
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Portuguese:
seção transversal
— section formed by a plane cutting through an object
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Romanian:
secțiune transversală
— section formed by a plane cutting through an object
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Russian:
сече́ние
(sečénije)
— section formed by a plane cutting through an object
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Russian:
попере́чное сече́ние
(poperéčnoje sečénije)
— section formed by a plane cutting through an object
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Spanish:
sección transversal
— section formed by a plane cutting through an object
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Spanish:
corte transverso
— section formed by a plane cutting through an object
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Swedish:
tvärsnitt
— section formed by a plane cutting through an object
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Turkish:
kesit
— section formed by a plane cutting through an object
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Vietnamese:
mặt cắt
— section formed by a plane cutting through an object
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Welsh:
trawstoriad
— section formed by a plane cutting through an object
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Welsh:
croestoriad
— section formed by a plane cutting through an object
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Bulgarian:
представителна извадка
(predstavitelna izvadka)
— (mathematics, statistics) representative sample
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Finnish:
läpileikkaus
— (mathematics, statistics) representative sample
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Greek:
αντιπροσωπευτικό δείγμα
(antiprosopeftikó deígma)
— (mathematics, statistics) representative sample
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Norwegian:
tverrsnitt
— (mathematics, statistics) representative sample
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Welsh:
trawstoriad
— (mathematics, statistics) representative sample
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Finnish:
vaikutusala
— (physics) measure for the probability of a particular nuclear reaction
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French:
section efficace
— (physics) measure for the probability of a particular nuclear reaction
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German:
Wirkungsquerschnitt
— (physics) measure for the probability of a particular nuclear reaction
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Norwegian:
tverrsnitt
— (physics) measure for the probability of a particular nuclear reaction
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Portuguese:
secção eficaz
— (physics) measure for the probability of a particular nuclear reaction
