CROSS SECTION


Meaning of CROSS SECTION in English

noun Date: 1835 1. a cutting or piece of something cut off at right angles to an axis, section 3b, a measure of the probability of an encounter between particles such as will result in a specified effect (as scattering or capture), a composite representation typifying the constituents of a thing in their relations, cross-section transitive verb cross-sectional adjective

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