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sect.

sect. is the abbreviation of section.

sect. is the abbreviation of sectional.

Meaning of section

Noun

section (plural sections)

  1. A cutting; a part cut out from the rest of something.
    Synonyms:
    cutting, slice
  2. A part, piece, subdivision of anything.
    • Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. […] But the scandals kept coming, and so we entered stage three – what therapists call "bargaining". A broad section of the political...2013 June 28, Joris Luyendijk, “Our banks are out of control”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 3, page 21
    1. A group of instruments in an orchestra.
      • The horn section is the group of symphonic musicians who play the French horn.
  3. A part of a document, especially a major part; often notated with §.
  4. An act or instance of cutting.
  5. A cross-section (image that shows an object as if cut along a plane).
    • Japan and China also produced Noah's arks, where Noah was known as Fohi. They were of wood and beautifully decorated, the animals being bright in color and usually flat in section and fixed to flat stands.1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 59

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Meaning of sectional

Adjective

sectional (comparative more sectional, superlative most sectional)

  1. Relating to a section.
  2. Separating into sections.
    • Our new sectional couch divided into pieces, but the pieces still wouldn't fit through the door.
  3. Relating to conflict between areas.
    • The U.S. civil war can be considered a sectional dispute.

See all 7 meanings of sectional

Forms of sect.

comparativemore sect.
superlativemost sect.

Origin of sect.

Abbreviation of section.

Abbreviation of sectional.

Questions about sect.

What is sect. the abbreviation of?
Sect. is the abbreviation of section.

Words near sect. in the dictionary

  1. secrotome
  2. secs
  3. secs.
  4. sect
  5. Sect People
  6. sect.
  7. sectant
  8. sectants
  9. sectarial
  10. sectarian
  11. sectarianise

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sect. (page history and authors); section (page history and authors); sectional (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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