transverse section

American  

noun

1. cross section.

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Example Sentences

In diffuse porous woods, the main features to be noticed are: In the transverse section, Fig.

From Wood and Forest by Noyes, William

In examining thru the microscope a transverse section of white pine, Fig.

From Wood and Forest by Noyes, William

Root and transverse section of hair, magnified, 43 15.

From A Treatise on Physiology and Hygiene For Educational Institutions and General Readers by Hutchison, Joseph Chrisman

Becki, Green. a, Restored thoracic limbs in transverse section of the animal; b, section across a posterior somite; c, section across one of the sub-terminal somites.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various

Labyrinth′odon, a race of extinct gigantic amphibians found in the Permian, Carboniferous, and Triassic strata, so called from the mazy pattern exhibited on a transverse section of the teeth of some genera.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various