half-section

British  

noun

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

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Example Sentences

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

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee

"Father says every foot of the half-section ought to be viewed from that tree, except what's in the little clump about the cabin."

From The Price of the Prairie A Story of Kansas by McCarter, Margaret Hill

"Another visit to Darlington will not only furnish new material for my book of Indian stories, but enable me to survey and purchase a half-section of land," I explained to my father.

From A Daughter of the Middle Border by Garland, Hamlin

"We've got over sixteen hundred acres in fallow ground, a half-section in rye, another half in wheat—Turkey Red—and this section you see, six hundred and forty acres, in Bluestem," said Kurt.

From The Desert of Wheat by Grey, Zane

There was always the chance that some smart nester would come, file on a half-section and start boring artesian wells.

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