a cross section of society

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• cross section — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ broad, fair, good, large, representative, wide VERB + CROSS SECTION ▪ be drawn from ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• Radar cross section — (RCS) is a measure of how detectable an object is with a radar. For example a stealth aircraft (which is designed to be undetectable) will have design features that give it a low RCS, as opposed to a passenger airliner that will have a high… …   Wikipedia

• society — noun 1 people who have shared customs and laws ADJECTIVE ▪ larger, wider ▪ the position of women within the family and the wider society ▪ entire, whole ▪ An entire society has been co …   Collocations dictionary

• society — so|ci|e|ty [ sə saıəti ] noun *** 1. ) uncount people in general living together in organized communities, with laws and traditions controlling the way they behave toward one another: Society has to be prepared to support its elderly people. The… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• society */*/*/ — UK [səˈsaɪətɪ] / US noun Word forms society : singular society plural societies 1) [uncountable] people in general living together in organized communities, with laws and traditions controlling the way that they behave towards one another Society …   English dictionary

• society*/*/*/ — [səˈsaɪəti] noun 1) [U] people in general living together in organized communities, with laws and traditions controlling the way that they behave towards each other Society has to be prepared to support its elderly people.[/ex] The scheme aims to …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• Cross-bedding — Crossbedding of sandstone near Mt. Carmel road, Zion Canyon, indicating wind action and sand dune formation prior to formation of rock (NPS photo by George A. Grant, 1929) …   Wikipedia

• section — [[t]se̱kʃ(ə)n[/t]] ♦♦ sections, sectioning, sectioned 1) N COUNT: usu with supp A section of something is one of the parts into which it is divided or from which it is formed. → See also cross section He said it was wrong to single out any… …   English dictionary

• Cross-cultural psychiatry — or transcultural psychiatry is a branch of psychiatry concerned with the cultural and ethnic context of mental disorders and psychiatric services. It emerged as a coherent field from several strands of work, including surveys of the prevalence… …   Wikipedia

• Society for anthropological sciences — (SASci)The Society for Anthropological Sciences (SASci) is a newly formed scholarly association to promote the development of empirical theory and methods in anthropology. The impetus for forming the SASci lay in changes that have occurred in the …   Wikipedia

• Cross-country skiing — Priit Narusk in the qualification for the Tour de Ski in Prague. Nickname(s) XC skiing Characteristics Categorization Outdoor or indoor in ski tunn …   Wikipedia