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- pronunciation:
- kraws
sek
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| definition 1: |
a part of something made visible by cutting straight through it.
Our science book had a picture of a cross section of a brain.- similar words:
- section
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| definition 2: |
a sample of typical parts that show what the whole is like.
The cross section of the population shows that most people own televisions.- similar words:
- sample
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| derivations: |
cross-section (adj.), cross-sectional (adj.), cross-section (v.) |
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