Sectional
['sekʃ(ə)n(ə)l] or ['sɛkʃənl]
Definition
(noun.) a piece of furniture made up of sections that can be arranged individually or together.
(adj.) related or limited to a distinct region or subdivision of a territory or community or group of people; 'sectional tensions arose over slavery' .
(adj.) consisting of or divided into sections; 'a sectional sofa'; 'sectioned plates' .
(adj.) relating to or based upon a section (i.e. as if cut through by an intersecting plane); 'a sectional view'; 'sectional drawings' .
Inputed by Alan--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to a sections or distinct part of larger body or territory; local.
(a.) Consisting of sections, or capable of being divided into sections; as, a sectional steam boiler.
Typist: Toni
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Fragmentary.[2]. Divided, made in pieces or distinct parts.[3]. [Modern.] Partial, exclusive, narrow, selfish.
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Examples
- A more generous interpretation would be to say that he had tried to be inclusive, to attach a hundred sectional agitations to a national program. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Glessen or glasses are flat sectional streaks having an icy appearance. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- To obviate the bad results of punctures he proposed also to make his tire in sectional compartments, so that if one compartment was punctured the others would still hold good. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- But there's the bell; so, Cousin, let us for a while lay aside our sectional prejudices, and come out to dinner. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Hence a diagram showing a sectional view of a simple form of such a camera is presented below. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The smaller the cross-sectional area, the greater the percentage of drop. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- In Fig. 4 an early form of the Edison carbon transmitter is represented in sectional view. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The cross-sectional area of each bar was 0. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Bell's telephone is shown in the diagrammatic sectional sketch (Fig. 1). Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Sectional steam boilers made in detachable portions fastened together by packed or screw joints also represent an important development. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- A sectional diagram of the apparatus (Fig. 6. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It is concerned with more or less immediate proposals, and in a nation split up by class, sectional and racial interests, these proposals are sure to arouse hostility. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- One chamber would then represent a man's sectional interests as a consumer: the other his professional interests as a producer. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
Typist: Rachel