half-section

half-sec·tion

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Definitions of half-section word

noun half-section a part that is cut off or separated. 1
noun half-section a distinct part or subdivision of anything, as an object, country, community, class, or the like: the poor section of town; the left section of a drawer. 1
noun half-section a distinct part or subdivision of a writing, as of a newspaper, legal code, chapter, etc.: the financial section of a daily paper; section 2 of the bylaws. 1
noun half-section one of a number of parts that can be fitted together to make a whole: sections of a fishing rod. 1
noun half-section (in most of the U.S. west of Ohio) one of the 36 numbered subdivisions, each one square mile (2.59 sq. km or 640 acres), of a township. 1
noun half-section an act or instance of cutting; separation by cutting. 1

before 1550

One of the 31% oldest English words

1550-60; < Latin sectiōn- (stem of sectiō) a cutting, equivalent to sect(us) (past participle of secāre to cut; see saw1) + -iōn- -ion

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".