cross section

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Noun

cross section (plural cross sections)

1. A section formed by a plane cutting through an object, usually at right angles to an axis.
2. (statistics) A sample meant to be representative of a whole population.
3. (physics) The probability that a particular nuclear reaction will take place.

Translations

section formed by a plane cutting through an object

• Bulgarian: сечение (bg) (sečenie) n
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 橫截面 (cmn), 横截面 (cmn) (héngjiémiàn)

• Czech: příčný řez (cs) m
• Dutch: doorsnede f and m
• Finnish: poikkileikkaus (fi)
• French: section efficace (fr) f

• German: Querschnitt (de) m
• Italian: spaccato (it) m
• Japanese: 横断面 (ja) (おうだんめん, ōdanmen)
• Maori: topenga (mi), tirohanga topenga (mi)
• Norwegian: tverrsnitt (no) n
• Russian: сечение (ru) (sečénije) n, поперечное сечение (ru) (poperéčnoje sečénije) n
• Spanish: sección transversal (es) f

representative sample

• Bulgarian: представителна извадка (bg) (predstavitelna izvadka)
• Finnish: läpileikkaus (fi)

• Norwegian: tverrsnitt (no) n

probability of a particular nuclear reaction

• Norwegian: tverrsnitt (no) n