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English noun: cross section | |||
| 1. | cross section (location) a section created by a plane cutting a solid perpendicular to its longest axis | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | plane section, section | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | profile | ||
| 2. | cross section (cognition) a sample meant to be representative of a whole population | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | sample | ||
| Domain category | statistics | ||
| 3. | cross section (attribute) (physics) the probability that a particular interaction (as capture or ionization) will take place between particles; measured in barns | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | chance, probability | ||
| Domain category | atomic physics, nuclear physics, nucleonics | ||
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