ALL meanings of half-section
half-sec·tion
H h - 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
- noun half-section Surgery. the making of an incision. an incision. 1
- noun half-section a thin slice of a tissue, mineral, or the like, as for microscopic examination. 1
- noun half-section a representation of an object as it would appear if cut by a plane, showing its internal structure. 1
- noun half-section Military. a small unit consisting of two or more squads. Also called staff section. any of the subdivisions of a staff. a small tactical division in naval and air units. 1
- noun half-section Railroads. a division of a sleeping car containing both an upper and a lower berth. a length of trackage, roadbed, signal equipment, etc., maintained by one crew. 1
- noun half-section any of two or more trains, buses, or the like, running on the same route and schedule at the same time, one right behind the other, and considered as one unit, as when a second is necessary to accommodate more passengers than the first can carry: On holidays the New York to Boston train runs in three sections. 1
- noun half-section a segment of a naturally segmented fruit, as of an orange or grapefruit. 1
- noun half-section a division of an orchestra or band containing all the instruments of one class: a rhythm section. 1
- noun half-section Bookbinding. signature (def 8). 1
- noun half-section Also called section mark. a mark used to indicate a subdivision of a book, chapter, or the like, or as a mark of reference to a footnote. 1
- noun half-section Theater. one of a series of circuits for controlling certain lights, as footlights. 1
- noun half-section shape (def 12). 1
- verb with object half-section to cut or divide into sections. 1
- verb with object half-section to cut through so as to present a section. 1
- verb with object half-section Surgery. to make an incision. 1
- noun half-section a scale drawing of a section through a symmetrical object that shows only half the object 0