section

• Noun

  1. A cutting; a part cut out from the rest of something.
  2. A part, piece, subdivision of anything.
  3. A part, piece, subdivision of anything.
  4. A part of a document, especially a major part; often notated with §.
  5. An act or instance of cutting.
  6. A cross-section (image that shows an object as if cut along a plane).
  7. A cross-section (image that shows an object as if cut along a plane).
  8. A cross-section (image that shows an object as if cut along a plane).
  9. A cross-section (image that shows an object as if cut along a plane).
  10. A cross-section (image that shows an object as if cut along a plane).
  11. An incision or the act of making an incision.
  12. (colloquial) An incision or the act of making an incision.
  13. A thin slice of material prepared as a specimen for research.
  14. A taxonomic rank below the genus (and subgenus if present), but above the species.
  15. An informal taxonomic rank below the order ranks and above the family ranks.
  16. A group of 10-15 soldiers led by a non-commissioned officer and forming part of a platoon.
  17. A right inverse.
  18. A piece of residential land; a plot.
  19. Synonym of square mile, a unit of land area, especially in the contexts of Canadian surveys and American land grants and legal property descriptions.
  20. The symbol §, denoting a section of a document.
  21. A sequence of rock layers.
  22. 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.

• Verb