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See also:SECTION (See also:Lat. sectio, cutting, secare, to cut) , the See also:act of cutting or a See also:part cut off, thus used of any See also:division of a subject, as the See also:paragraph of a See also:book, See also:article, See also:statute, &c., of a division of See also:land, of a See also:town, &c., or a See also:separate class of a community or See also:race; the See also:term is more particularly applied to a thin slice of any substance prepared for examination by the See also:microscope (see See also:MICROTOMY) or to a See also:diagram of any structure showing the See also:internal See also:plan as if exposed by the cutting off of an See also:external See also:surface; thus, in See also:architecture, a section is a See also:drawing of a See also:building cut in See also:half, so as to show the relative height of the floors, the See also:depth of the See also:foundation and its footings, the framing of the roof, if in See also:timber or See also:iron, or the construction of the vault or See also:dome, if in See also:masonry. The term is also applied to the details of the structure, such as the See also:cornice and the various See also:mouldings showing their See also:profile. End of Article: SECTION (Lat. sectio, cutting, secare, to cut)Additional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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