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half-section

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noun

  1. engineering a scale drawing of a section through a symmetrical object that shows only half the object

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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She uses a rubberized half-section model of the mouth.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee

You'll have to file on a half-section only, under the Desert Land Law of the United States of America, paying twenty-five cents per acre down at the time of filing your application.

From The Long Chance by Peter B. (Peter Bernard) Kyne

The half-section found two sentinels on the bridge who were completely surprised.

From In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland by John Morse

He's worried about his land payments, and I tell him he'd be happier with a half-section.

From The Prairie Wife by Harvey Dunn

The cardboard templates must be cut, one for each half-section, as shown in the body plan, Fig.

From Boys' Book of Model Boats by Raymond F. (Raymond Francis) Yates

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