Section

Spanish Meaning

sección

artículo

parte

distrito

región

sector

párrafo

página

trozo

gajo

casilla

patrulla

perfil

ramal

departamento

corte

pliego

seccionar

dividir en secciones

English Meaning

  1. One of several components; a piece.
  2. A subdivision of a written work.
  3. Law A division of a statute or code.
  4. A distinct portion of a newspaper: the sports section.
  5. A distinct area of a town, county, or country: a residential section.
  6. A land unit equal to one square mile (2.59 square kilometers), 640 acres, or 1/36 of a township.
  7. The act or process of separating or cutting, especially the surgical cutting or dividing of tissue.
  8. A thin slice, as of tissue, suitable for microscopic examination.
  9. A segment of a fruit, especially a citrus fruit.
  10. Representation of a solid object as it would appear if cut by an intersecting plane, so that the internal structure is displayed.
  11. Music A group of instruments or voices in the same class considered as a division of a band, orchestra, or choir: the rhythm section; the woodwind section.
  12. A class or discussion group of students taking the same course: She taught three sections of English composition.
  13. A portion of railroad track maintained by a single crew.
  14. An area in a train's sleeping car containing an upper and lower berth.
  15. An army tactical unit smaller than a platoon and larger than a squad.
  16. A unit of vessels or aircraft within a division of armed forces.
  17. One of two or more vehicles, such as a bus or train, given the same route and schedule, often used to carry extra passengers.
  18. The character (§) used in printing to mark the beginning of a section.
  19. This character used as the fourth in a series of reference marks for footnotes.
  20. To separate or divide into parts.
  21. To cut or divide (tissue) surgically.
  22. To shade or crosshatch (part of a drawing) to indicate sections.

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