All section synonyms
secΒ·tion
S s noun section
- minority β the smaller part or number; a number, part, or amount forming less than half of the whole.
- branch β The branches of a tree are the parts that grow out from its trunk and have leaves, flowers, or fruit growing on them.
- canton β A canton is a political or administrative region in some countries, for example Switzerland.
- connectives β serving or tending to connect: connective remarks between chapters.
- knurl β a small ridge or bead, especially one of a series, as on a button for decoration or on the edge of a thumbscrew to assist in obtaining a firm grip.
- lobe β a roundish projection or division, as of an organ or a leaf.
- fourth β next after the third; being the ordinal number for four.
- winnings β Plural form of winning.
- kidneys β Anatomy. either of a pair of bean-shaped organs in the back part of the abdominal cavity that form and excrete urine, regulate fluid and electrolyte balance, and act as endocrine glands.
- canto β a main division of a long poem
- longness β (rare) length, lengthiness.
- demesne β land, esp surrounding a house or manor, retained by the owner for his or her own use
- integer β Mathematics. one of the positive or negative numbers 1, 2, 3, etc., or zero. Compare whole number.
- compartment β A compartment is one of the separate spaces into which a railway carriage is divided.
- link β a torch, especially of tow and pitch.
- component β The components of something are the parts that it is made of.
- divider β a person or thing that divides.
- integers β Mathematics. one of the positive or negative numbers 1, 2, 3, etc., or zero. Compare whole number.
- lengthiness β The property of being lengthy, longness.
- modules β Plural form of module.
- neighborhood β the area or region around or near some place or thing; vicinity: the kids of the neighborhood; located in the neighborhood of Jackson and Vine streets.
- mise en scene β the process of setting a stage, with regard to placement of actors, scenery, properties, etc.
- dividers β a person or thing that divides.
- class β A class is a group of pupils or students who are taught together.
- demesnes β possession of land as one's own: land held in demesne.
- length β the longest extent of anything as measured from end to end: the length of a river.
- goings-on β conduct or behavior, especially when open to criticism: We had never seen such goings-on as at the last dance.
- locality β a place, spot, or district, with or without reference to things or persons in it or to occurrences there: They moved to another locality.
- longitude β Geography. angular distance east or west on the earth's surface, measured by the angle contained between the meridian of a particular place and some prime meridian, as that of Greenwich, England, and expressed either in degrees or by some corresponding difference in time.
- integrant β making up or being a part of a whole; constituent.
- exclave β A portion of territory of one state completely surrounded by territory of another or others, as viewed by the home territory.
- leg β either of the two lower limbs of a biped, as a human being, or any of the paired limbs of an animal, arthropod, etc., that support and move the body.
- neighbourhood β Standard spelling of neighborhood.
- interface β a surface regarded as the common boundary of two bodies, spaces, or phases.
- quadrant β a quarter of a circle; an arc of 90Β°.
- wherever β where? (used emphatically): Wherever did you find that?
- area β An area is a particular part of a town, a country, a region, or the world.
- extensiveness β The degree or property of being extensive.
- year β a period of 365 or 366 days, in the Gregorian calendar, divided into 12 calendar months, now reckoned as beginning Jan. 1 and ending Dec. 31 (calendar year or civil year) Compare common year, leap year.
- enclave β A portion of territory within or surrounded by a larger territory whose inhabitants are culturally or ethnically distinct.
- installment β the act of installing.
- department β A department is one of the sections in an organization such as a government, business, or university. A department is also one of the sections in a large shop.
verb section
- dichotomized β Simple past tense and past participle of dichotomize Having been divided into dichotomous parts.
- factoring β one of the elements contributing to a particular result or situation: Poverty is only one of the factors in crime.
- branching β the occurrence of several decay paths (branches) in the disintegration of a particular nuclide or the de-excitation of an excited atom. The branching fraction (nuclear) or branching ratio (atomic) is the proportion of the disintegrating nuclei that follow a particular branch to the total number of disintegrating nuclides
- dissect β to cut apart (an animal body, plant, etc.) to examine the structure, relation of parts, or the like.
- dissever β to sever; separate.
- divide β to separate into parts, groups, sections, etc.
- break down β If a machine or a vehicle breaks down, it stops working.
- exscind β (medicine, surgery) To cut out.