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cross section
- a cutting through something, esp. at a right angle
- a piece so cut off
- a drawing or photograph of a plane surface exposed by such a cutting
- a sample that has enough of each kind in it to show what the whole is like
- Nuclear Physics a measure of the probability that a nuclear reaction will take place, under specified conditions, between two particles or a particle and another target: usually expressed in terms of the effective area a single target presents to the incoming particle
- Surveying a vertical section of the ground surface taken at right angles to a survey line
Related Forms:
- cross-section transitive verb
- cross-sectional adjective
See cross section in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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