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Definitions of cross section
  1. adjective
    representing a plane made by cutting across something at right angles to its length
    "cross-section views of the neck"
Definition that contains cross section
  • b (physics) a unit of nuclear cross section; the effective circular area that one particle presents to another as a target for an encounter
  • thin of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section
  • thumb a convex molding having a cross section in the form of a quarter of a circle or of an ellipse
  • barn (physics) a unit of nuclear cross section; the effective circular area that one particle presents to another as a target for an encounter
  • horizon a specific layer or stratum of soil or subsoil in a vertical cross section of land
  • wedge any shape that is triangular in cross section
  • obelisk a stone pillar having a rectangular cross section tapering towards a pyramidal top
  • nissen hut a prefabricated hut of corrugated iron having a semicircular cross section
  • catenary the curve theoretically assumed by a perfectly flexible and inextensible cord of uniform density and cross section hanging freely from two fixed points
  • round file a file with a circular cross section; used to file the inside of holes
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