See Also: cross-section(dictionary)
cross-section(medicine)
section, cross(medicine)
cross-section(dictionary)
cross section(encyclopedia)
Cross-section(health)
collision cross-section(medicine)
section(1)(dictionary)
c-section(medicine)
Third Section(encyclopedia)

cross-section (iou)



cross-section noun & verb. M19.
[from CROSS- + SECTION noun.]
A. noun.
A cut made through an object or substance, esp. through its narrow dimension; a surface exposed in this way; the area the surface has or would have; a diagram representing what such a cut would reveal. M19.
fig. A typical or representative sample, group, etc. E20.
E. Grierson The jury, a fair cross-section of the community.
Physics. A numerical quantity, expressed as an area, representing the likelihood that a particle will undergo a specified interaction with another particle. E20.
b. verb trans. Make a cross-section of; cut into a cross-section. L19.
cross-sectional adjective L19.