Noun

(en noun)

A cutting; a part cut out from the rest of something.

A part, piece, subdivision of anything.

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A part of a document.

An act or instance of cutting.

A cross-section (image that shows an object as if cut along a plane).

# (aviation) A cross-section perpendicular the longitudinal axis of an aircraft in flight.

(surgery) An incision or the act of making an incision.

(sciences) A thin slice of material prepared as a specimen for research.

(senseid) A taxonomic rank below the genus (and subgenus if present), but above the species.

An informal taxonomic rank below the order ranks and above the family ranks.

(military) A group of 10-15 soldiers lead by a non-commissioned officer and forming part of a platoon.

(category theory) A right inverse.

(NZ) A piece of residential land usually a quarter of an acre in size; a plot.

(label) A one-mile square area of land, defined by a government survey.