(rail transport, electrical engineering) A dead section of overhead line for supplying power to trains between two live sections, used to separate two power supplies, different phases and supply voltages.

plural of cross-sectionality

Synonym of intersectionality

(rail transport, electrical engineering) Part of a neutral section.

In a cross-sectional manner

(rail transport) In railway signalling, a section of track on which, in normal circumstances, only one train is allowed at one time.

(weaponry) squad automatic weapon, a class of light machine gun; a machine gun issued to a section of troops, being heavier than the standard assault rifle and personal machine guns issued per trooper.

plural of section automatic weapon

(computing) The part of the data division of a COBOL program that describes the format of local variables and constants to be used by the program

(computing) The part of the environment division of a COBOL program that specifies the symbolic names of external files accessed by the program