cross section

See also: cross-section and crosssection

English

cross section (plural cross sections)

A section formed by a plane cutting through an object, usually at right angles to an axis.
Alternative forms: cross-section (common), crosssection (rare)

Coordinate terms: transection, intersection, bisection
(mathematics, statistics) A sample meant to be representative of a whole population.
(physics) A measure for the probability that a particular nuclear reaction will take place, typically denoted σ and having units of barns.

section formed by a plane cutting through an object — see also transection

Bulgarian: на́пречен ра́зрез m (náprečen rázrez), на́пречно сече́ние n (náprečno sečénie)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 橫截面 / 横截面 (zh) (héngjiémiàn)
Czech: příčný řez m, průřez m
Dutch: doorsnede (nl) f or m, dwarsdoorsnede (nl) c, dwarsdoorsnee (nl) c
Finnish: poikkileikkaus (fi)
French: section transversale f, section droite f
German: Querschnitt (de) m, Kreuzschnitt m, Profil (de) n
Greek: διατομή (el) f (diatomí)
Hindi: अनुप्रस्थ काट (anuprasth kāṭ), अनुप्रस्थ परिच्छेद (anuprasth paricched)
Hungarian: keresztmetszet (hu)
Italian: spaccato (it) m
Japanese: 横断面 (おうだんめん, ōdanmen)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: birgeha panî f, panîbirgeh f
Latvian: šķēlums (lv) m
Māori: topenga, tirohanga topenga
Norwegian: tverrsnitt n
Polish: przekrój (pl) m
Portuguese: secção transversal f (Portugal), seção transversal f (Brazil)
Romanian: secțiune transversală (ro) f
Russian: сече́ние (ru) n (sečénije), попере́чное сече́ние (ru) n (poperéčnoje sečénije)
Slovak: prierez m
Spanish: sección transversal f, corte transverso m
Swedish: tvärsnitt (sv) n
Turkish: kesit (tr)
Vietnamese: mặt cắt (vi)
Welsh: trawstoriad m, croestoriad m

(mathematics, statistics) representative sample

(physics) measure for the probability of a particular nuclear reaction