section
noun
[ ˈsɛkʃ(ə)n ]
• any of the more or less distinct parts into which something is or may be divided or from which it is made up.
• "I unscrewed every section of copper pipe, from the roof tank to the hot-water cylinder"
Similar:
segment,
part,
component,
division,
piece,
portion,
length,
element,
module,
unit,
constituent,
bit,
slice,
fraction,
fragment,
• a distinct group within a larger body of people or things.
• "the non-parliamentary section of the party"
• the cutting of a solid by or along a plane.
section
verb
• divide into sections.
• "she began to section the grapefruit"
• commit (someone) compulsorily to a psychiatric hospital in accordance with a section of a mental health act.
• "should she be sectioned and forced back into hospital?"
Origin:
late Middle English (as a noun): from French section or Latin sectio(n- ), from secare ‘to cut’. The verb dates from the early 19th century.
