What is section?

A distinct portion of a newspaper: the sports section.
A distinct area of a town, county, or country: a residential section.
A land unit equal to one square mile (2.59 square kilometers), 640 acres, or 1/36 of a township.
The act or process of separating or cutting, especially the surgical cutting or dividing of tissue.
A thin slice, as of tissue, suitable for microscopic examination.
A segment of a fruit, especially a citrus fruit.
Representation of a solid object as it would appear if cut by an intersecting plane, so that the internal structure is displayed.
Music A group of instruments or voices in the same class considered as a division of a band, orchestra, or choir: the rhythm section; the woodwind section.
A class or discussion group of students taking the same course: She taught three sections of English composition.
A portion of railroad track maintained by a single crew.
An area in a train's sleeping car containing an upper and lower berth.
An army tactical unit smaller than a platoon and larger than a squad.
A unit of vessels or aircraft within a division of armed forces.
One of two or more vehicles, such as a bus or train, given the same route and schedule, often used to carry extra passengers.
The character (§) used in printing to mark the beginning of a section.
This character used as the fourth in a series of reference marks for footnotes.
To separate or divide into parts.
To cut or divide (tissue) surgically.
To shade or crosshatch (part of a drawing) to indicate sections.

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