transverse section

American  

noun

1. cross section.

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Example Sentences

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

In a transverse section of a conifer, for example Douglas spruce, Fig.

From Wood and Forest by Noyes, William

Hair, uniformly black, lank, round in transverse section; sparse or no beard, moustache common.

From Man, Past and Present by Haddon, Alfred Court

Imagine a transverse section of an eddy of water on edge before us, and you can form a comparison.

From Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey by Lloyd, John Uri

The total transverse section of the crus and the fibre masses from the thalamus and basilar ganglia, does not comprise more than one-third of the entire mass.

From Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results by Talbot, Eugene S.