A cutting; a part cut out from the rest of something.
A part or subdivision of something, including a group of instruments in an orchestra.
A part of a document, especially a major part; often notated with §.
An act or instance of cutting.
A representation of an object as if cut along a plane, particularly referring to a cross-section perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of an aircraft in flight in the context of aviation.
(surgery) An incision or the act of making an incision, often used colloquially to refer to a caesarean section in surgery.
(sciences) A thin slice of material prepared as a specimen for research.
(botany) A taxonomic rank below the genus (and subgenus if present), but above the species.
(zoology) An informal taxonomic rank below the order ranks and above the family ranks.
(military) A group of 10-15 soldiers led by a non-commissioned officer and forming part of a platoon.
(category theory) A right inverse.
(New Zealand) A piece of residential land; a plot.
(US, Canada, law and land surveying) Synonym of square mile, a unit of land area, especially in the contexts of Canadan surveys and American land grants and legal property descriptions.
The symbol §, denoting a section of a document.
(geology) A sequence of rock layers.
(Philippines, education) 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.
To cut, divide or separate into pieces.
To reduce to the degree of thinness required for study with the microscope.
(UK, Australia, New Zealand) 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.
(medicine) To perform a cesarean section on (someone).