cross section

See also: cross-section and crosssection

English

a red onion in cross section

Pronunciation

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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.

   Alternative forms: cross-section (common), crosssection (rare)

   Coordinate terms: transection, intersection, bisection

2. (mathematics, statistics) A sample meant to be representative of a whole population.
3. (physics) The probability that a particular nuclear reaction will take place.

Derived terms

• cross-sectional
• neutron cross section
• radar cross section
• time cross section

Related terms

• cross-sectionality
• cross-sectionally

Translations

section formed by a plane cutting through an object — see also transection

• Bulgarian: на́пречен ра́зрез m (náprečen rázrez), на́пречно сече́ние n (náprečno sečénie)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 橫截面 / 横截面 (zh) (héngjiémiàn)

• Czech: příčný řez m, průřez m
• Dutch: doorsnede (nl) f or m, dwarsdoorsnede (nl) c, dwarsdoorsnee (nl) c
• Finnish: poikkileikkaus (fi)
• French: section transversale f
• German: Querschnitt (de) m, Kreuzschnitt m, Profil (de) n
• Greek: διατομή (el) f (diatomí)
• Hindi: अनुप्रस्थ काट (anuprasth kāṭ), अनुप्रस्थ परिच्छेद (anuprasth paricched)
• Hungarian: keresztmetszet (hu)
• Italian: spaccato (it) m
• Japanese: 横断面 (おうだんめん, ōdanmen)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: birgeha panî f, panîbirgeh f

• Latvian: šķēlums (lv) m
• Māori: topenga, tirohanga topenga
• Norwegian: tverrsnitt n
• Polish: przekrój (pl) m
• Portuguese: secção transversal f (Portugal), seção transversal f (Brazil)
• Romanian: secțiune transversală (ro) f
• Russian: сече́ние (ru) n (sečénije), попере́чное сече́ние (ru) n (poperéčnoje sečénije)
• Spanish: sección transversal f, corte transverso m
• Swedish: tvärsnitt (sv) n
• Turkish: kesit (tr)
• Vietnamese: mặt cắt (vi)
• Welsh: trawstoriad m, croestoriad m

(mathematics, statistics) representative sample

• Bulgarian: представителна извадка (predstavitelna izvadka)
• Finnish: läpileikkaus (fi)
• Greek: αντιπροσωπευτικό δείγμα n (antiprosopeftikó deígma)
• Norwegian: tverrsnitt n
• Welsh: trawstoriad m

(physics) probability of a particular nuclear reaction

• Finnish: vaikutusala (fi)
• French: section efficace (fr) f
• Norwegian: tverrsnitt n
• Portuguese: secção eficaz f (Portugal)

See also

• cutaway