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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) -
2 cross section
1) section: corte m transversal2) sample: muestra f representativaa cross section of the population: una muestra representativa de la poblaciónn.• perfil s.m.• sección s.f.BrE cross-section 'krɔːs'sekʃən, ˌkrɒs'sekʃən count & mass noun (Biol, Eng) sección f, corte m transversal* * *BrE cross-section ['krɔːs'sekʃən, ˌkrɒs'sekʃən] count & mass noun (Biol, Eng) sección f, corte m transversal
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