section mark

American

noun

section.

section mark British

noun

Also called: section. printing a mark (§) inserted into text matter to draw attention to a footnote or to indicate a section of a book, etc

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Etymology

Origin of section mark

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

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Down the chutes swished the bundles, stamped with their section mark, and here they were caught deftly and hurled into one of the dozen conveyers that flowed out from this main stream.

From Fanny Herself by Ferber, Edna

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