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

I’ve rented thirty acres from the Land Association that owns the half-section next to mine and am going to get them into oats.

From The Prairie Mother by Becher, Arthur E.

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 Kyne, Peter B. (Peter Bernard)

Though supposed to be an Austrian, little was known about him or his antecedents except that he owned the next half-section of land to Jernyngham’s and farmed it successfully.

From Prescott of Saskatchewan by Dunton, W. Herbert

Well, with the money we buy a half-section from Linstrum and a half from Crow, and a quarter from Struble, maybe.

From O Pioneers! by Cather, Willa Sibert