Section
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Section may refer to:
- Section (botany)
- Section (music)
- Archaeological section
- Histological section, a thin slice of tissue used for microscopic examination
- Section, an instrumental group within an orchestra
- Memory segment, a division of computer memory
- Stratigraphic section, layers of rocks
- Caesarean section, surgical technique to facilitate child birth
- Pullman section, a type of sleeping car accommodation
- Sectioning, also known outside the United Kingdom as involuntary commitment
Writing[edit]
- Section (typography), a division of a chapter or document
- Section sign (§), in typography
- Section (bookbinding), papers folded during bookbinding
Mathematics[edit]
- Section (category theory), also in homological algebra, and including:
- Section (fiber bundle), in topology
- Part of a sheaf (mathematics)
- Section (group theory)
Land area[edit]
- Section (United States land surveying) – (640 acres)
- Section of a Dominion Land Survey (Western Canada)
- Section as a part of the Alberta Township System
- Forest section, a division of a forest range in India
Social organisations[edit]
- Section (Alpine club)
- Section (military unit)
- Section (Scouting)
- Section One, a fictional elite, top-secret counter-terrorist organization in the television series La Femme Nikita
Places[edit]
- Section, Alabama, a town in the United States
See also[edit]
- Cross section (disambiguation)
- Division (disambiguation)
- Part (disambiguation)
- Segment (disambiguation)
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