Definition:Section
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Section may refer to:
- Analysis, geometry, number theory and so on:
- The Golden Section: $\dfrac {1 + \sqrt 5} 2$
- Geometry:
- Section:
- Line section: the intersection of one line with another.
- Plane section: the intersection of a 3-dimensional figure $F$ with a plane.
- Cross-Section: a plane section which is perpendicular to an axis of $F$.
- Section:
Linguistic Note
The word section is derived from the Latin seco, secare, secui, sectum: meaning cut.
In all usages of this term, the concept of cut lies at the base of its linguistic derivation.