transverse section
Americannoun
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Transverse section of the barrel part of CMS illustrating the successive layers of detection starting from the center where the collisions occur: the inner tracker, the crystal calorimeter, the hadron calorimeter, the superconducting coil, and the iron yoke instrumented with the four muon stations.
From Science Magazine
In transverse section the cone is flattened, so that there is an anterior and a posterior surface and a superior and inferior border.
From Project Gutenberg
In transverse section it is crescentic, since the septal wall bulges into its cavity.
From Project Gutenberg
The septum ventriculorum is concave towards the left ventricle, so that a transverse section of that cavity is nearly circular.
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Climbing tall trees; a transverse section of the wood showing a cross.
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