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cross-section

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Adjective cross-section has 1 sense
  1. cross-section, cross-sectional - representing a plane made by cutting across something at right angles to its length; "cross-section views of the neck"
    Antonyms: lengthwise, lengthways (indirect, via crosswise)
Noun cross-section has 3 senses
  1. cross section - a section created by a plane cutting a solid perpendicular to its longest axis
    --1 is a kind of section, plane section
    --1 has particulars: profile
  2. cross section - a sample meant to be representative of a whole population
    --2 is a kind of sample
  3. cross section - (physics) the probability that a particular interaction (as capture or ionization) will take place between particles; measured in barns
    --3 is a kind of probability, chance
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