resectioned

Verb

resection (third-person singular simple present resections, present participle resectioning, simple past and past participle resectioned)

1. To excise part or all of a tissue or organ.
   • Most articles published after this date, however, mention the resectioning of fat around the eyes as an essential constituent of corrective lid surgery.2011, Werner Mang, Manual of Aesthetic Surgery, →ISBN, page 167
2. To determine positions using compass bearings based on three or more known positions.
   • The Senior class was drilled in the use of the plane table; in resectioning on unknown points, the "three point problem," etc.1913, University of Texas Record - Volume 11, page 454
3. (digital image processing) To estimate a camera projection matrix from known position data and image entities.
   • The camera matrices and 3D structure are then computed for the frames 1-2-3-4, for example by first resectioning and then bundle adjustment.2004, Richard Hartley, Andrew Zisserman, Multiple View Geometry in Computer Vision, →ISBN, page 537
4. To redivide into new sections.
   • Also that the bill be resectioned to conform to the several amendments ; Which amendments were severally agreed to, and the bill as amended read the third time and passed.1879, Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Vermont, page 121
5. To transfer students into new class groupings or grade levels.
   • In connection with a scheme of resectioning, a number of questions naturally present themselves. When the students complete their first term or first year of the subject in the most efficient, intermediate, and least efficient sections, what process of equalization is going to occur at the...1925, Nicholas Murray Butler, Frank Pierrepont Graves, William McAndrew, Educational Review - Volume 69, page 153
6. To deepen or widen a river or other natural watercourse for flood control, land drainage, or navigation.
   • In England and Wales, this has resulted in significant regional variations (Table 3.4) with the Anglian region returning the highest proportions of embanked and resectioned river channels.2012, Mike Acreman, The Hydrology of the UK: A Study of Change, →ISBN, page 70

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