crosssection

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A form of cross section — A section formed by a plane cutting through an object, usually at right angles to an axis.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

nouncrosssection (plural crosssections)

plural crosssections

  1. alternativerareAlternative spelling of cross section.

    Indeed, the WW crosssection is related to the imaginary part of the WW loop

    2000, Paul Langacker., Neutrinos in Physics and Astrophysics, page 87
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    Typically, damage initiates at the smaller crosssection end of the truncated cone.

    1956, Journal of the American Helicopter Society, page 41

    If a circuit is 200 rails in length, and the final crosssection is 100 mils into the circuit, one could rough grind approximately 80 mils to the final...

    1970, IEEE Electron Devices Society., Reliability Physics, page 136

    Equally important, each crosssection slice denotes the age structure of roles in the society

    1986, Aage Bøttger Sørensen, Franz E. Weinert, Lonnie R. Sherrod., Human Development and the Life Course: Multidisciplinary Perspectives, page 156
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