noun
Meaning 1
A cutting; a part cut out from the rest of something.
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Standard Lemma guide
section
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American, Received-Pronunciation: sĕk′shən
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General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsɛkʃən/
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noun
Meaning 2
A part, piece, subdivision of anything.
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noun
Meaning 3
A part, piece, subdivision of anything.
A group of instruments in an orchestra.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
Examples
- The horn section is the group of symphonic musicians who play the French horn.
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noun
Meaning 4
A part of a document, especially a major part; often notated with §.
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noun
Meaning 5
An act or instance of cutting.
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noun
Meaning 6
A cross-section (image that shows an object as if cut along a plane).
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noun
Meaning 7
A cross-section (image that shows an object as if cut along a plane).
A cross-section perpendicular the longitudinal axis of an aircraft in flight.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
Meaning 8
A cross-section (image that shows an object as if cut along a plane).
A function that generalizes the notion of the graph of a function; formally, a continuous right inverse to the projection map of a fiber bundle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences, topology
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noun
Meaning 9
A cross-section (image that shows an object as if cut along a plane).
A right inverse of a morphism in some category
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Qualifier: generalizing the topology sense
Topics: algebra, category-theory, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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Synonyms: split monomorphism
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 10
A cross-section (image that shows an object as if cut along a plane).
An object which is defined by analogy with sections of fiber bundles but in a more general setting (that of sheaves). Formally, an element of the image of an open set under the action of a (pre-)sheaf.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: generalizing the topology sense in a different way; sheaf theory; generalizing the topology sense in a different way; sheaf theory
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Narrower terms: global section
noun
Meaning 11
An incision or the act of making an incision.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery
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noun
Meaning 12
An incision or the act of making an incision.
Ellipsis of Caesarean section.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, ellipsis
Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery
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noun
Meaning 13
thin section, a thin slice of material prepared as a specimen for research.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: sciences
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noun
Meaning 14
A taxonomic rank below the genus (and subgenus if present), but above the species.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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noun
Meaning 15
An informal taxonomic rank below the order ranks and above the family ranks.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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noun
Meaning 16
A group of 10-15 soldiers led by a non-commissioned officer and forming part of a platoon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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noun
Meaning 17
A piece of residential land; a plot.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: New-Zealand
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noun
Meaning 18
Synonym of square mile, a unit of land area, especially in the contexts of Canadian surveys and American land grants and legal property descriptions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, US
Qualifier: law and land surveying
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Synonyms: square mile
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 19
The symbol §, denoting a section of a document.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 20
A sequence of rock layers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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noun
Meaning 21
Archeological section; vertical plane and cross-section of the ground to view its profile and stratigraphy; part of an archeological sequence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: archaeology, history, human-sciences, sciences
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noun
Meaning 22
Angle section, L-section, angle iron, steel angle, slotted angle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, technology
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noun
Meaning 23
A class in a school; a group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher in a certain school year or semester or school quarter year.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Philippines
Topics: education
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verb
Meaning 24
To cut, divide or separate into pieces.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 25
To reduce to the degree of thinness required for study with the microscope.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 26
To commit (a person) to a hospital for mental health treatment as an involuntary patient. So called after various sections of legal acts regarding mental health.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, New-Zealand, UK, transitive
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Synonyms: schedule
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 27
To perform a cesarean section on (someone).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
Meaning 28
the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: incision, surgical incision
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cut, cutting
Narrower terms: gastromy, perineotomy, laparotomy, orchotomy, sclerotomy, nephrotomy, thoracotomy, valvotomy, valvulotomy, venesection, phlebotomy, vasotomy, vasosection
noun
Meaning 29
one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a section of a fishing rod
- metal sections were used below ground
- finished the final segment of the road
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: segment
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: part, portion
Narrower terms: bend, curve, dado, leaf, length, straightaway, straight, subsection, subdivision
noun
Meaning 30
one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the written part of the exam
- the finance section of the company
- the BBC's engineering division
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: part, division
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: concept, conception, construct
Narrower terms: frame, beginning, middle, end, high point, component, constituent, element, factor, ingredient, chukker, chukka, inning, game, turn, bout, round, first period, second period, final period, half, period, quarter, over
noun
Meaning 31
a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he always turns first to the business section
- the history of this work is discussed in the next section
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: subdivision
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: writing, written material, piece of writing, music
Narrower terms: lead, lead-in, lede, canto, above, sports section, article, clause, book, chapter, episode, spot, insert, introduction, narration, conclusion, end, close, closing, ending, passage, mezuzah, mezuza, sura, exposition, obbligato, obligato, recapitulation, development
noun
Meaning 32
a segment of a citrus fruit
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he ate a section of the orange
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Broader terms: segment
noun
Meaning 33
a specialized division of a large organization
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- you'll find it in the hardware department
- she got a job in the historical section of the Treasury
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: department
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: division
Narrower terms: academic department, business department, personnel department, personnel office, personnel, staff office, government department, payroll, payroll department, security, security department
noun
Meaning 34
a small team of policemen working as part of a police platoon
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: team, squad
noun
Meaning 35
a small army unit usually having a special function
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: army unit
noun
Meaning 36
a division of an orchestra containing all instruments of the same class
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: musical organization, musical organisation, musical group
Narrower terms: brass section, brass, string section, strings, percussion section, percussion, rhythm section, reed section
noun
Meaning 37
a small class of students who are part of a larger course but are taught separately
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a graduate student taught sections for the professor's lecture course
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: discussion section
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: class, form, grade, course
noun
Meaning 38
(geometry) the area created by a plane cutting through a solid
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: plane section
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: area, expanse, surface area
Narrower terms: cross section
noun
Meaning 39
a distinct region or subdivision of a territorial or political area or community or group of people
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- no section of the nation is more ardent than the South
- there are three synagogues in the Jewish section
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: area, country
Narrower terms: outskirts, vicinity, locality, neighborhood, neighbourhood, neck of the woods, Forbidden City
noun
Meaning 40
a very thin slice (of tissue or mineral or other substance) for examination under a microscope
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- sections from the left ventricle showed diseased tissue
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: slice
noun
Meaning 41
a land unit equal to 1 square mile
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: square mile
verb
Meaning 42
divide into segments
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- segment an orange
- segment a compound word
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: segment
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: separate, divide, part
Narrower terms: syllabify, syllabicate, syllabize, syllabise, quarter
History
Etymology
From Middle English seccioun, from Old French section, from Latin sectiō (“cutting, cutting off, excision, amputation of diseased parts of the body, etc.”), from sectus, past participle of secāre (“to cut”). More at saw.
Across languages
Translations
285 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: قِسْم (qism) — cutting, part cut out
- Arabic: جُزْء (juzʔ) — cutting, part cut out
- Arabic: قسم (gisim) — cutting, part cut out
- Arabic: جزء (juzuʔ, juzʔ) — cutting, part cut out
- Belarusian: сячэ́нне (sjačénnje) — cutting, part cut out
- Belarusian: разрэ́з (razréz) — cutting, part cut out
- Bulgarian: ра́зрез (rázrez) — cutting, part cut out
- Bulgarian: сече́ние (sečénie) — cutting, part cut out
- Catalan: secció — cutting, part cut out
- Chinese Mandarin: 块 (kuài) — cutting, part cut out
- Czech: řez — cutting, part cut out
- Danish: afsnit — cutting, part cut out
- Dutch: snijding — cutting, part cut out
- Finnish: leike — cutting, part cut out
- French: section — cutting, part cut out
- German: Abschnitt — cutting, part cut out
- German: Teil — cutting, part cut out
- German: Stück — cutting, part cut out
- German: Reststück — cutting, part cut out
- German: Anschnitt — cutting, part cut out
- Hebrew: קטע — cutting, part cut out
- Hindi: भाग (bhāg) — cutting, part cut out
- Hindi: खंड (khaṇḍ) — cutting, part cut out
- Hindi: प्रभाग (prabhāg) — cutting, part cut out
- Hungarian: rész — cutting, part cut out
- Hungarian: részlet — cutting, part cut out
- Ido: seciono — cutting, part cut out
- Italian: sezione — cutting, part cut out
- Japanese: 部分 (bubun) — cutting, part cut out
- Korean: 부분 (bubun) — cutting, part cut out
- Malayalam: ഭാഗം (bhāgaṁ) — cutting, part cut out
- Malayalam: കഷണം (kaṣaṇaṁ) — cutting, part cut out
- Māori: topenga — cutting, part cut out
- Portuguese: seção — cutting, part cut out
- Portuguese: secção — cutting, part cut out
- Romanian: secționare — cutting, part cut out
- Romanian: tăiere — cutting, part cut out
- Romanian: secțiune — cutting, part cut out
- Romanian: tăietură — cutting, part cut out
- Russian: сече́ние (sečénije) — cutting, part cut out
- Russian: разре́з (razréz) — cutting, part cut out
- Russian: отре́зок (otrézok) — cutting, part cut out
- Russian: се́кция (sékcija) — cutting, part cut out
- Scottish Gaelic: earrann — cutting, part cut out
- Scottish Gaelic: cuibhreann — cutting, part cut out
- Scottish Gaelic: roinn — cutting, part cut out
- Slovak: rez — cutting, part cut out
- Spanish: sección — cutting, part cut out
- Swahili: kifungu — cutting, part cut out
- Tagalog: tapyas — cutting, part cut out
- Ukrainian: сі́чення (síčennja) — cutting, part cut out
- Ukrainian: ро́зріз (rózriz) — cutting, part cut out
- Arabic: جُزْء (juzʔ) — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- Armenian: հատված (hatvac) — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- Bashkir: бүлек (bülek) — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- Belarusian: раздзе́л (razdzjél) — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- Belarusian: падзе́л (padzjél) — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- Belarusian: сэ́кцыя (sékcyja) — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- Bulgarian: се́кция (sékcija) — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- Bulgarian: част (čast) — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- Catalan: secció — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- Chinese Mandarin: 部分 (bùfen) — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- Dutch: afdeling — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- Dutch: sectie — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- Finnish: lohko — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- Finnish: osa — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- Finnish: osasto — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- Finnish: jaos — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- Finnish: sektio — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- Finnish: osio — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- French: section — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- German: Sektion — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- German: Abschnitt — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- German: Bereich — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- German: Abteil — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- German: Abteilung — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- German: Teilbereich — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- German: Teilstück — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- German: Trakt — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- German: Streckenabschnitt — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- German: Unterteilung — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- German: Partie — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- German: Partition — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- German: Blockabschnitt — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- German: Streckenanteil — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- German: Absatz — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- Hebrew: סֶקְצְיָה (séktsya) — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- Hindi: अनुभाग (anubhāg) — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- Hindi: भाग (bhāg) — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- Hindi: खंड (khaṇḍ) — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- Hindi: अंश (añś) — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- Hindi: प्रभाग (prabhāg) — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- Hungarian: részleg — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- Hungarian: szekció — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- Hungarian: szektor — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- Hungarian: szelet — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- Hungarian: cikk — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- Hungarian: gerezd — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- Ido: segmento — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- Indonesian: seksi — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- Irish: rannóg — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- Italian: sezione — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- Japanese: 部分 (bubun) — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- Japanese: セクション (sekushon) — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- Khmer: ភាគ (phiək) — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- Korean: 부분 (bubun) — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- Korean: 섹션 (seksyeon) — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- Latin: sectiō — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- Malay: seksi — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- Malay: seksyen — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- Malayalam: വിഭാഗം (vibhāgaṁ) — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- Māori: tūtanga — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- Norwegian Bokmål: seksjon — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- Norwegian Nynorsk: seksjon — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- Persian: بخش (baxš) — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- Polish: sekcja — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- Portuguese: seção — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- Portuguese: secção — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- Romanian: parte — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- Romanian: secție — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- Romanian: sector — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- Romanian: subdiviziune — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- Romanian: despărțitură — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- Romanian: segment — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- Romanian: departament — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- Russian: разде́л (razdél) — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- Russian: се́кция (sékcija) — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- Scottish Gaelic: cuid — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- Scottish Gaelic: pàirt — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- Scottish Gaelic: earrann — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- Scottish Gaelic: cuibhreann — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- Scottish Gaelic: roinn — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- Spanish: sección — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- Tagalog: tapyas — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- Tagalog: pangkat — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- Tày: boỏng — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- Tày: bộ — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- Thai: ส่วน (sùuan) — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- Turkish: bölüm — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- Turkish: seksyon — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- Ukrainian: ро́зділ (rózdil) — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- Ukrainian: по́діл (pódil) — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- Ukrainian: се́кція (sékcija) — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- Vietnamese: phần — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- Vietnamese: bộ phận — part, piece or subdivision of anything
- Arabic: مَقْطَع (maqṭaʕ) — part of a document
- Bashkir: бүлек (bülek) — part of a document
- Belarusian: раздзе́л (razdzjél) — part of a document
- Belarusian: падзе́л (padzjél) — part of a document
- Bulgarian: разде́л (razdél) — part of a document
- Catalan: secció — part of a document
- Chinese Mandarin: 段 (duàn) — part of a document
- Czech: oddíl — part of a document
- Czech: paragraf — part of a document
- Danish: afsnit — part of a document
- Dutch: paragraaf — part of a document
- Dutch: passage — part of a document
- Esperanto: paragrafo — part of a document
- Finnish: jakso — part of a document
- Finnish: luku — part of a document
- Finnish: kappale — part of a document
- Finnish: kohta — part of a document
- Finnish: osasto — part of a document
- Finnish: pykälä — part of a document
- Finnish: artikla — part of a document
- French: section — part of a document
- French: article — part of a document
- German: Abschnitt — part of a document
- German: Paragraf — part of a document
- German: Paragraph — part of a document
- German: Kapitel — part of a document
- Ancient Greek: περιοχή (periokhḗ) — part of a document
- Hebrew: סְעִיף (s'if) — part of a document
- Hindi: भाग (bhāg) — part of a document
- Hindi: अनुभाग (anubhāg) — part of a document
- Hungarian: szakasz — part of a document
- Hungarian: cikkely — part of a document
- Hungarian: paragrafus — part of a document
- Italian: sezione — part of a document
- Italian: articolo — part of a document
- Malayalam: വിഭാഗം (vibhāgaṁ) — part of a document
- Māori: tekiona — part of a document
- Portuguese: seção — part of a document
- Portuguese: secção — part of a document
- Russian: разде́л (razdél) — part of a document
- Scottish Gaelic: earrann — part of a document
- Scottish Gaelic: roinn — part of a document
- Slovak: oddiel — part of a document
- Slovak: paragraf — part of a document
- Spanish: sección — part of a document
- Swahili: kifungu — part of a document
- Ukrainian: ро́зділ (rózdil) — part of a document
- Ukrainian: по́діл (pódil) — part of a document
- Belarusian: разраза́нне (razrazánnje) — act or instance of cutting
- Bulgarian: разря́зване (razrjázvane) — act or instance of cutting
- Bulgarian: разси́чане (razsíčane) — act or instance of cutting
- Finnish: leikkaus — act or instance of cutting
- German: Schnitt — act or instance of cutting
- German: Trennschnitt — act or instance of cutting
- German: Anschnitt — act or instance of cutting
- German: Zertrennen — act or instance of cutting
- German: Trennen — act or instance of cutting
- German: Auftrennen — act or instance of cutting
- German: Schneiden — act or instance of cutting
- German: Zerschneiden — act or instance of cutting
- Hungarian: vágás — act or instance of cutting
- Russian: разреза́ние (razrezánije) — act or instance of cutting
- Ukrainian: розрі́зування (rozrízuvannja) — act or instance of cutting
- Belarusian: разрэ́з (razréz) — surgery: incision or the act of making an incision
- Belarusian: сячэ́нне (sjačénnje) — surgery: incision or the act of making an incision
- Bulgarian: ра́зрез (rázrez) — surgery: incision or the act of making an incision
- Finnish: leikkaus — surgery: incision or the act of making an incision
- Finnish: sektio — surgery: incision or the act of making an incision
- German: Schnitt — surgery: incision or the act of making an incision
- German: Einschnitt — surgery: incision or the act of making an incision
- Hungarian: bemetszés — surgery: incision or the act of making an incision
- Hungarian: metszés — surgery: incision or the act of making an incision
- Indonesian: seksi — surgery: incision or the act of making an incision
- Polish: sekcja — surgery: incision or the act of making an incision
- Romanian: incizie — surgery: incision or the act of making an incision
- Romanian: tăiere — surgery: incision or the act of making an incision
- Romanian: tăietură — surgery: incision or the act of making an incision
- Romanian: secționare — surgery: incision or the act of making an incision
- Russian: разре́з (razréz) — surgery: incision or the act of making an incision
- Russian: сече́ние (sečénije) — surgery: incision or the act of making an incision
- Russian: рассече́ние (rassečénije) — surgery: incision or the act of making an incision
- Ukrainian: ро́зріз (rózriz) — surgery: incision or the act of making an incision
- Ukrainian: сі́чення (síčennja) — surgery: incision or the act of making an incision
- Belarusian: зрэз (zrez) — science: thin slice of material
- Finnish: leike — science: thin slice of material
- French: section — science: thin slice of material
- German: Schnitt — science: thin slice of material
- German: Profilschnitt — science: thin slice of material
- German: Dünnschliff — science: thin slice of material
- Hungarian: metszet — science: thin slice of material
- Hungarian: preparátum — science: thin slice of material
- Indonesian: seksi — science: thin slice of material
- Italian: sezione — science: thin slice of material
- Portuguese: seção — science: thin slice of material
- Russian: срез (srez) — science: thin slice of material
- Spanish: sección — science: thin slice of material
- Tagalog: tapyas — science: thin slice of material
- Ukrainian: зріз (zriz) — science: thin slice of material
- Belarusian: аддзяле́нне (addzjaljénnje) — (military) group of 10-15 soldiers lead by a non-commissioned officer and forming part of a platoon
- Bulgarian: отделе́ние (otdelénie) — (military) group of 10-15 soldiers lead by a non-commissioned officer and forming part of a platoon
- Hungarian: raj — (military) group of 10-15 soldiers lead by a non-commissioned officer and forming part of a platoon
- Indonesian: seksi — (military) group of 10-15 soldiers lead by a non-commissioned officer and forming part of a platoon
- Italian: sezione — (military) group of 10-15 soldiers lead by a non-commissioned officer and forming part of a platoon
- Polish: sekcja — (military) group of 10-15 soldiers lead by a non-commissioned officer and forming part of a platoon
- Polish: działon — (military) group of 10-15 soldiers lead by a non-commissioned officer and forming part of a platoon
- Russian: отделе́ние (otdelénije) — (military) group of 10-15 soldiers lead by a non-commissioned officer and forming part of a platoon
- Spanish: pelotón — (military) group of 10-15 soldiers lead by a non-commissioned officer and forming part of a platoon
- Tagalog: pangkat — (military) group of 10-15 soldiers lead by a non-commissioned officer and forming part of a platoon
- Ukrainian: відді́лення (viddílennja) — (military) group of 10-15 soldiers lead by a non-commissioned officer and forming part of a platoon
- German: Grabungsschnitt — archeological section
- German: Winkelprofil — steel section, L-section
- German: Winkelstahl — steel section, L-section
- German: Winkeleisen — steel section, L-section
- German: L-Profil — steel section, L-section
- German: Blechwinkel — steel section, L-section
- Bulgarian: разрязвам (razrjazvam) — cut
- Finnish: leikata — cut
- Finnish: jakaa — cut
- Finnish: lohkoa — cut
- French: sectionner — cut
- German: schneiden — cut
- German: aufschneiden — cut
- German: zerschneiden — cut
- German: trennen — cut
- German: auftrennen — cut
- German: zertrennen — cut
- German: teilen — cut
- German: unterteilen — cut
- German: abtrennen — cut
- German: abschneiden — cut
- German: abteilen — cut
- Italian: sezionare — cut
- Portuguese: secionar — cut
- Portuguese: seccionar — cut
- French: interner — commit to a mental hospital
- German: einweisen — commit to a mental hospital
- German: zwangseinweisen — commit to a mental hospital
- German: einliefern — commit to a mental hospital
- Norwegian: tvangsinnlegge — commit to a mental hospital
- Russian: упечь в психушку (upečʹ v psixušku) — commit to a mental hospital
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