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sectional

American  
[sek-shuh-nl] / ˈsɛk ʃə nl /

adjective

  1. pertaining or limited to a particular section; local or regional.

    sectional politics.

  2. composed of several independent sections.

    a sectional sofa.

  3. of or relating to a section.

    a sectional view of the machine.


noun

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

sectional British  
/ ˈsɛkʃənəl /

adjective

  1. composed of several sections

  2. of or relating to a section

"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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Etymology

Origin of sectional

An Americanism dating back to 1800–10; section + -al 1

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Rollins: It first hit me when we won the North Coast Sectional in high school.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2023

Sectional Qualifying is played over 36 holes in one day at several sites in the United States, as well as one each in Japan and Europe.

From Golf Digest • Jun. 4, 2018

Sectional seedings for Maryland public schools were released this week, setting the stage for the long march to the state championship later this month.

From Washington Post • Oct. 24, 2017

Open golf championship next month at Oakmont Country Club in the International Sectional qualifier at Walton Heath in Surrey, England on Monday.

From Reuters • May 30, 2016

Sectional football games have the glory and the despair of war, and when a Texas team takes the field against a foreign state, it is an army with banners.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck