SECTIONAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sectional mean? 

• SECTIONAL (noun)
  The noun SECTIONAL has 1 sense:

1. a piece of furniture made up of sections that can be arranged individually or together

  Familiarity information: SECTIONAL used as a noun is very rare.

• SECTIONAL (adjective)
  The adjective SECTIONAL has 3 senses:

1. relating to or based upon a section (i.e. as if cut through by an intersecting plane)

2. consisting of or divided into sections

3. related or limited to a distinct region or subdivision of a territory or community or group of people

  Familiarity information: SECTIONAL used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SECTIONAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A piece of furniture made up of sections that can be arranged individually or together

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("sectional" is a kind of...):

article of furniture; furniture; piece of furniture (furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy)

• SECTIONAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to or based upon a section (i.e. as if cut through by an intersecting plane)

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

sectional drawings

Pertainym:

section ((geometry) the area created by a plane cutting through a solid)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Consisting of or divided into sections

Synonyms:

sectional; sectioned

Context example:

sectioned plates

Similar:

divided (separated into parts or pieces)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Related or limited to a distinct region or subdivision of a territory or community or group of people

Context example:

sectional tensions arose over slavery

Similar:

territorial (belonging to the territory of any state or ruler)

 Context examples 

There was less than 50% stenosis (reduction in cross-sectional area) in all coronary artery branches.

(No Evidence of Coronary Artery Disease, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)

Number of major epicardial vessels with greater than or equal to 70% reduction in diameter or greater than or equal to 50% reduction in cross-sectional area.

(Number of Diseased Coronary Artery Vessels, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)

There was greater than or equal to 50% stenosis (reduction in cross-sectional area) in one coronary artery.

(One Coronary Vessel Disease, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)

Jama conducted a cross-sectional study of 2,501 reported injuries between 1998 and 2017.

(Mobile phone could cause physical pain, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

It uses special x-ray equipment to make cross-sectional pictures of your body.

(CT Scans, NIH: National Cancer Institute)

However, individual trajectories of cognitive changes have not been assessed in this cross-sectional study.

(Rare Alzheimer's Disease Patients May Delay Cognitive Decline with Exercise, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Compared to humeral bones in non-throwing arms, those in throwing arms had about 50% greater mass, size (total cross-sectional area), and thickness.

(Physical Activity Brings Lasting Bone Benefits, NIH, US)

Prospective, nonrandomized, controlled trials; prospective cohort studies; prospective case series; and cross-sectional studies.

(Level of Evidence II, NCI Dictionary)

A method of examining structures within the body by scanning them with X rays and using a computer to construct a series of cross-sectional scans along a single axis.

(Computed Tomography, NCI Thesaurus)

A unit of cross-sectional measurement of a round area equal to the area of a circle with a diameter of one mil, approximately 0.785 398 square mils, or 506.707 square micrometers.

(Circular Mil, NCI Thesaurus)