sectional

[ sek-shuh-nl ]

/ ˈsɛk ʃə nl /

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adjective

pertaining or limited to a particular section; local or regional: sectional politics.

composed of several independent sections: a sectional sofa.

of or relating to a section: a sectional view of the machine.

noun

a sofa composed of several independent sections that can be arranged individually or in various combinations.

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Origin of sectional

An Americanism dating back to 1800–10; section + -al¹

OTHER WORDS FROM sectional

sec·tion·al·ly, adverbmul·ti·sec·tion·al, adjectivenon·sec·tion·al, adjectivenon·sec·tion·al·ly, adverb

un·sec·tion·al, adjectiveun·sec·tion·al·ly, adverb

Words nearby sectional

sectarianism, sectarianize, sectary, sectile, section, sectional, sectionalism, sectionalize, section boss, section eight, section gang

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How to use sectional in a sentence

To underpin her efforts and support future hair research, Lasisi developed an improved and standardized way of measuring hair curvature and cross-sectional shape.
Tina Lasisi wants to untangle the evolution of human hair|Aina Abell|September 29, 2022|Science News
What’s more, inputting the height, density, cross-sectional area and other material properties of the formations into the model predicted the formations’ fundamental frequencies.
How climbers help scientists vibe with Utah’s famous red rock formations|Rachel Crowell|March 21, 2022|Science News
So when the data collected by the detectors are stitched together by a computer, it can form a cross-sectional view of what’s inside based on where X-rays are absorbed more or less.
For 50 years, CT scans have saved lives, revealed beauty and more|Emily Conover|December 10, 2021|Science News
Racial discrimination was not “a sectional issue,” Kennedy said, but a condition that existed “in every city, every State of the Union.”
Activism spurred political leadership on civil rights once. Will it happen again?|Patricia Sullivan|September 2, 2021|Washington Post

Yet he willingly countenanced the seditious wing of his party throughout the 1850s, worried that standing up to it would exacerbate sectional tensions and stifle his own presidential ambitions.
Mitch McConnell has repeated Stephen A. Douglas’s biggest mistake|Lauren Haumesser|January 12, 2021|Washington Post
What we want most is sectional treatises on single subjects.
My New Curate|P.A. Sheehan
The lines in sectional shading or cross-hatching may be made to denote the material of which the piece is to be composed.
Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught|Joshua Rose
A sectional edge view is here necessary in order to show the hexagonal form.
Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught|Joshua Rose
Every care was taken to prevent the movement assuming a sectional as distinct from a national tendency.
The Evolution of Sinn Fein|Robert Mitchell Henry
The sectional feeling that brought on that armed contest continues in another direction, and divides the two great parties.
Belford's Magazine, Vol. II, No. 3, February 1889|Various

British Dictionary definitions for sectional

sectional

/ (ˈsɛkʃənəl) /

adjective

composed of several sections

of or relating to a section

Derived forms of sectional

sectionally, adverb

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