separate part of a document, book, etc.
any of the parts into which sth may be or has been divided
department of an organization, institution, etc.
view of sth seen as if cut straight through from top to bottom
area
"he always turns first to the business section"
"the history of this work is discussed in the next section"
"sections from the left ventricle showed diseased tissue"
"no section of the nation is more ardent than the South"
"there are three synagogues in the Jewish section"
"a section of a fishing rod"
"metal sections were used below ground"
"finished the final segment of the road"
"the written part of the exam"
"the finance section of the company"
"the BBC's engineering division"
"a graduate student taught sections for the professor's lecture course"
"you'll find it in the hardware department"
"she got a job in the historical section of the Treasury"
"he ate a section of the orange"
"segment an orange"
"segment a compound word"
He picked up his axe and began to split the sections of box-tree.
出自: T. Keneally
She..began to section the grapefruit.
出自: C. Macleod