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1 cross-section
1) ((a drawing etc of) the area or surface made visible by cutting through something, eg an apple.) corte transversal2) (a sample as representative of the whole: He interviewed a cross-section of the audience to get their opinion of the play.) sección representativa, muestratr['krɒssekʃən]2 (representative part, group) muestra representativa['krɒs'sekʃǝn]N (Bio etc) corte m or sección f transversal; [of population] muestra f (representativa) -
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'sekʃən1) (a part or division: He divided the orange into sections; There is disagreement in one section of the community; the accounts section of the business.) sección2) (a view of the inside of anything when, or as if, it is cut right through or across: a section of the stem of a flower.) sección•section n1. sección / parte2. tramotr['sekʃən]1 (of newspaper, orchestra, department) sección nombre femenino; (of furniture, book) parte nombre femenino; (of road) tramo; (of orange) gajo3 (of document, law) artículo, apartado5 SMALLMEDICINE/SMALL sección nombre femenino6 SMALLAMERICAN ENGLISH/SMALL (land) milla cuadrada1 SMALLMEDICINE/SMALL (cut) cortar, seccionar2 (divide) dividirsection ['sɛkʃən] n: sección f, parte f (de un mueble, etc.), sector m (de la población), barrio m (de una ciudad)n.• apartado s.m.• artículo s.m.• barrio s.m.• cuartel s.m.• departamento s.m.• región s.f.• sección s.f.• sector s.m.• tramo s.m.v.• seccionar v.
I 'sekʃən1)a) (of object, newspaper, orchestra) sección f; (of machine, piece of furniture) parte f; ( of road) tramo m; (of city, population, public opinion) sector msection two, subsection one — ( of document) artículo dos, punto or inciso primero
b) ( unit of land) (AmE) 640 acres o 2,59km22) ( department) sección f; (before n 220 m) <manager, supervisor> de sección3) (in geometry, drawing) sección f, corte m4)a) ( thin slice) sección fb) ( in surgery) sección f
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transitive verb \<\<map/area\>\> dividir; \<\<line\>\> segmentar['sekʃǝn]they sectioned off part of the office — separaron parte de la oficina con una mampara (or tabique etc)
1. N1) (=part) [of pipeline, road] tramo m ; [of self-assembly item] pieza f, parte f ; [of orange etc] gajo m ; [of book, text] parte f ; [of code, law] artículo m ; [of document, report] apartado m, punto m ; [of orchestra] sección f ; [of country] región f ; [of community, opinion] sector m ; [of town] (Brit) sector m, zona f ; (US) (=district) barrio mpassports section — sección f de pasaportes
brass 3., string 3., percussion 2., woodwindthe sports/finance section — [of newspaper] la sección de deportes/economía
2) (=cut) (in diagram, dissection) sección f, corte mcross section — (lit) sección f transversal
the research was compiled using a cross section of the British population — el estudió se realizó utilizando un sector representativo de la población británica
3) (Med) (also: Caesarean section)see Caesarean2. VT1) (=divide) partir, trocear2) [+ mentally ill person] internar en un psiquiátrico3.CPDsection mark N — párrafo m
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I ['sekʃən]1)a) (of object, newspaper, orchestra) sección f; (of machine, piece of furniture) parte f; ( of road) tramo m; (of city, population, public opinion) sector msection two, subsection one — ( of document) artículo dos, punto or inciso primero
b) ( unit of land) (AmE) 640 acres o 2,59km22) ( department) sección f; (before n 220 m) <manager, supervisor> de sección3) (in geometry, drawing) sección f, corte m4)a) ( thin slice) sección fb) ( in surgery) sección f
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3 sección
sección sustantivo femenino 1 ( corte) section 2 (— de empresa, en grandes almacenes) department 3 (Mil) platoon
sección sustantivo femenino
1 (parte, apartado, tramo) section Com sección de bisutería, costume jewellery department
2 (de un plano) cross-sección
3 (incisión) cut
4 Mat section
5 Mil (una unidad del ejército) platoon ' sección' also found in these entries: Spanish: corte - oportunidad - unidad - acomodar - caballero - cónico - encima - fumador - incluir - jefe - menaje - parte - repartición - reunir - suceso English: cross-section - department - departmental - division - platoon - section - block - complement - cross - desk - personnel - scratch
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