Section
Section may refer to:
In arts
In writing
- Section (typography), a division of a chapter or document
- Section sign (§), in typography
- Section (bookbinding), papers folded during bookbinding
In other arts
- Section (music)
- Section, an instrumental group within an orchestra
- Section One, a fictional elite, top-secret counter-terrorist organization in the television series La Femme Nikita
In geography
- Section, Alabama, a town in the United States
- 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
In mathematics, science, and technology
In mathematics
- Section (category theory), also in homological algebra, and including:
- Section (fiber bundle), in topology
- Part of a sheaf (mathematics)
- Section (group theory)
- Cross section (geometry)
- Conic section
In other sciences
- Section (archaeology)
- Section (botany)
- Section (biology), a taxonomic rank
- Caesarean section, surgical technique to facilitate child birth
- Histological section, a thin slice of tissue used for microscopic examination
- Memory segment, a division of computer memory
- Stratigraphic section, layers of rocks
Social organisations
Other uses
- Pullman section, a type of sleeping car accommodation
- Section (rail transport), a portion of railway line or a portion of a train
- Sectioning, a UK term for involuntary commitment for severe mental illness
- David "Section" Mason, protagonist in Call of Duty: Black Ops II
See also
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