• the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation)
• one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object; "a Section of a fishing rod"; "metal Sections were used below ground"; "finished the final segment of the road"
• one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole; "the written part of the exam"; "the finance Section of the company"; "the BBC''s engineering division"
• a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical); "he always turns first to the business Section"; "the history of this work is discussed in the next Section"
• a segment of a citrus fruit; "he ate a Section of the orange"
• a specialized division of a large organization; "you''ll find it in the hardware department"; "she got a job in the historical Section of the Treasury"
• a small team of policemen working as part of a police platoon
• a small army unit usually having a special function
• a division of an orchestra containing all instruments of the same class
• (geometry) the area created by a plane cutting through a solid
• a distinct region or subdivision of a territorial or political area or community or group of people; "no Section of the nation is more ardent than the South"; "there are three synagogues in the Jewish Section"
• a very thin slice (of tissue or mineral or other substance) for examination under a microscope; "Sections from the left ventricle showed diseased tissue"
• a land unit of 1 square mile measuring 1 mile on a side
• divide into segments; "segment an orange"; "segment a compound word"

'Section' in other languages