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cross section  v. t.  To create one or a series of cross sections 3 by cutting (an object) into thin slices.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Cross section" Quotes from Famous Books



... of escape from the water table, the water follows various courses, depending upon the porosity and the openings in the rocks. In general it fills all of the available openings, and uses the entire available cross section in making its progress from one point to another. The difference in height or the "head" between the point of entrance and the point of escape, together with the porosity of the rock and other factors, ...
— The Economic Aspect of Geology • C. K. Leith

... represents the gauge secured to small ordnance, the gun shown in cross section. Fig. 2 represents face view of the gauge and indicator, exposing a vertical section through the hydraulic portion of the gauge, on line 3 and 4 of Fig. 1. The same principles of reduction of high pressure are used in this gauge as in Shaw's ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 492, June 6, 1885 • Various

... that what are called stream lines do not exist in the fly. Its head is as large in cross section as its body, with the slightest suggestion only, of a pointed end. Its wings are perfectly flat, forming a true plane, not dished, or provided with a cambre, even, that upward curve, or bulge on the top of the aeroplane surface, which seems to ...
— Aeroplanes • J. S. Zerbe***

... in a shaking voice read him the telegram. We sat around, choking each other to preserve the peace, and listened to the following cross section of a dialogue—telephone talk is so interesting when you just ...
— At Good Old Siwash • George Fitch



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