cross section
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a section created by a plane cutting a solid perpendicular to its longest axis
Types & categories
- plane section hypernym
- profile hyponym
Related & opposite
- cross-sectiona derivation
Sense 2 noun
a sample meant to be representative of a whole population
Types & categories
- sample hypernym
Related & opposite
- cross-sectional derivation
- statistics domain topic
Sense 3 noun
(physics) the probability that a particular interaction (as capture or ionization) will take place between particles; measured in barns
Types & categories
- probability hypernym
Related & opposite
- nuclear physics domain topic
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | cross-sectiona |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | plane section |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | profile |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | cross-sectional |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | statistics |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | sample |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | nuclear physics |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | probability |