American English pronunciation
How to pronounce sectional
IPA transcription: ['sɛkʃənəl]
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Noun
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a piece of furniture made up of sections that can be arranged individually or together
Adjective
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relating to or based upon a section (i.e. as if cut through by an intersecting plane)
“a sectional view”
“sectional drawings”
Adjective
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consisting of or divided into sections
“a sectional sofa”
“sectioned plates”
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related or limited to a distinct region or subdivision of a territory or community or group of people
“sectional tensions arose over slavery”
Usage examples
- The win was the team's first sectional title.
- The resistance also depends on frequency because the effective cross-sectional area changes with frequency.
- The sectional curvature is everywhere.
- This was the team's first sectional title in just over a decade.
- A barn is approximately the cross-sectional area of a uranium nucleus.