cross section
Noun
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Noun
cross section (plural cross sections)
- A section formed by a plane cutting through an object, usually at right angles to an axis.
- (mathematics, statistics) A sample meant to be representative of a whole population.
- (physics) The probability that a particular nuclear reaction will take place.
- French: section transversale
- German: Querschnitt, Kreuzschnitt, Profil
- Italian: spaccato
- Portuguese: secção transversal (Portugal), seção transversal (Brazil)
- Russian: сече́ние
- Spanish: sección transversal
- French: section efficace
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