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# section

noun (section, sections); verb (section, sections, sectioned, sectioning)

«section» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A section is one part of something that is split into parts, like a section of a fence, a book or an orange. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/section/#m1)
2. A section is a part of a group or place: the music section, the children's section of the library. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/section/#m2)
3. A cross-section is what you see when you cut straight through something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/section/#m3)

### In the lessons

In maths: a part of a whole: sections of a fence, a book, a garden or a pizza; equal sections: whole = sections × size, size = whole ÷ sections; fraction of the whole. In science: a cross-section of a tree trunk shows its rings. In school: the reading section of a test. Phrases: a section of, in sections, the sports section, cross-section, string section.

### Examples

- The fence has 8 sections, each 2 m long. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/section/#x1)
- The book has 5 sections of 20 pages. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/section/#x2)
- She planted 9 seeds in each section. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/section/#x3)
- A pizza is cut into 8 sections. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/section/#x4)
- Find the picture books in the children's section. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/section/#x5)
- An orange has many sections. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/section/#x6)
- Answer every question in section A. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/section/#x7)
- The cross-section of the trunk showed 40 rings. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/section/#x8)
- With one more legend about this favorite saint, I will conclude this section of the present chapter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/section/#x9)

### Note

Countable. A «sector» is a slice of a circle; a «section» is any part. Equal sections: whole = sections × size, size = whole ÷ sections. Trap: a fence of 8 sections has 9 posts.

## In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: Sefer Yetzirah is divided into chapters and short sections called mishnayot, and commentators refer to them by number. In the primary lessons: In maths: a part of a whole: sections of a fence, a book, a garden or a pizza; equal sections: whole = sections × size, size = whole ÷ sections; fraction of the whole. In science: a cross-section of a tree trunk shows its rings. In school: the reading section of a test. Phrases: a section of, in sections, the sports section, cross-section, string section.

### Examples

- 35) Compare Chapter I, Section 3, Note, 8. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/section/#x1)
- N\] = original page markers; \[N\] = note references (notes are in sy08 section). (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/section/#x2)
- The twelve sections of this chapter introduce this philo- sophic disquisition upon the Formation and Development of the Universe. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/section/#x3)

### Note

Countable. A «sector» is a slice of a circle; a «section» is any part. Equal sections: whole = sections × size, size = whole ÷ sections. Trap: a fence of 8 sections has 9 posts.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «section» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/section/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«section» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/section.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «section» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/section/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«section» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/section.html) on Mova free.