cross section

See also: crosssection and cross-section

English

Noun

cross section (plural cross sections)

A section formed by a plane cutting through an object, usually at right angles to an axis.
(mathematics, statistics) A sample meant to be representative of a whole population.
(physics) The probability that a particular nuclear reaction will take place.

Translations

section formed by a plane cutting through an object

Bulgarian: напречен разрез m (náprečen rázrez), напречно сечение n (náprečno sečénie)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 橫截面 (zh), 横截面 (zh) (héngjiémiàn)
Czech: příčný řez m
Dutch: doorsnede (nl) f or m
Finnish: poikkileikkaus (fi)
French: section transversale f
German: Querschnitt (de) m, Kreuzschnitt m, Profil (de) n
Greek: διατομή (el) f (diatomí)
Hungarian: keresztmetszet (hu)

Italian: spaccato (it) m
Japanese: 横断面 (おうだんめん, ōdanmen)
Latvian: šķēlums m
Maori: topenga, tirohanga topenga
Norwegian: tverrsnitt n
Portuguese: secção transversal f (Portugal), seção transversal f (Brazil)
Russian: сече́ние (ru) n (sečénije), попере́чное сече́ние (ru) n (poperéčnoje sečénije)
Spanish: sección transversal f
Swedish: tvärsnitt (sv) n
Turkish: kesit (tr)

(mathematics, statistics) representative sample

Bulgarian: представителна извадка (predstavitelna izvadka)
Finnish: läpileikkaus

Greek: αντιπροσωπευτικό δείγμα n (antiprosopeftikó deígma)
Norwegian: tverrsnitt n

(physics) probability of a particular nuclear reaction

Finnish: vaikutusala
French: section efficace (fr) f

Norwegian: tverrsnitt n

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