To cut, divide or separate into pieces. / To reduce to the degree of thinness required for study with the microscope.

A cutting; a part cut out from the rest of something. / A part, piece, subdivision of anything. / (music) A group of instruments in an orchestra. / A part of a document. / An act or instance of cutting.

present participle of section

A division into sections. / (UK, New Zealand, Australia, mental health) An instance of a person being sectioned.

Promoting the good of one division, department or subgroup over that of the whole. / (politics) Promoting the good of one region over that of the nation.

An item of furniture composed of modular sections; usually specifically a sectional sofa. / (aviation) A sectional chart, a type of map used for navigation in the air.

Relating to a section. / Separating into sections. / Relating to conflict between areas.

simple past tense and past participle of section

In a sectional manner; in sections

plural of sectionalization