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Sectioning - English meaning

Sectioning – definitions in English dictionary

verb

Divide into sections.

Usage examples:

She began to section the grapefruit
verb

Commit (someone) compulsorily to a psychiatric hospital in accordance with a section of a mental health act.

Usage examples:

Should she be sectioned and forced back into hospital?
noun

Any of the more or less distinct parts into which something is or may be divided or from which it is made up.

Usage examples:

I unscrewed every section of copper pipe, from the roof tank to the hot-water cylinder
noun

A distinct group within a larger body of people or things.

Usage examples:

The non-parliamentary section of the party
noun

The cutting of a solid by or along a plane.

Usage examples:

Nails of round section
verb

Present participle of section

Usage examples:

He was sectioned under section 4 of the mental health act.

Sectioning translation into English

Sectioning: translate from English into Chinese

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切片

Sectioning: translate from English into Dutch

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Snijden, In secties verdelen

Sectioning: translate from English into French

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Sectionnement, Internement

Sectioning: translate from English into German

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Schnitt, Teilen, Einen schnitt machen

Sectioning: translate from English into Hindi

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सेक्शनिंग, काटना, हिस्सों का भाग करना, प्रतिभाग करना, तराशना

Sectioning: translate from English into Italian

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Sezionando

Sectioning: translate from English into Korean

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단면화, 구분하다, 구획하다

Sectioning: translate from English into Russian

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Секционирование

Sectioning: translate from English into Spanish

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Seccionamiento

Word origin

late Middle English (as a noun): from French section or Latin sectio(n- ), from secare ‘to cut’. The verb dates from the early 19th century.

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Sectioning – similar words

sectional

adjective

Relating to a section or subdivision of a larger whole.

Usage examples:

A sectional championship
noun

A sofa made in sections that can be used separately as chairs.

Usage examples:

Meanwhile, cowering on the leather sectionals, bewildered parents plead to the camera for a nanny i…
adjective

A sectional piece of furniture is made up of parts that can be arranged in various ways

Usage examples:

A sectional sofa, the national interest is more important than any sectional or personal interests.
Sectional - all meanings in English

section

noun

Any of the more or less distinct parts into which something is or may be divided or from which it is made up.

Usage examples:

I unscrewed every section of copper pipe, from the roof tank to the hot-water cylinder
verb

Divide into sections.

Usage examples:

She began to section the grapefruit
noun

A part of something

Usage examples:

Dad always reads the sports section of the newspaper., he lived in a poor section of town., you’ll …
Section - all meanings in English

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