2021-01-07 ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด S – Section & cross-section

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2021-01-07

ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด S – Section & cross-section

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Dictionary.com

ออกเสียง Section = ‘SEK-shuhn’

ออกเสียง cross-section = ‘KRAWS-SEK-shuhn’

Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms

Section = a separated portion of any collectionor people, 1832;

= a fourth part of a military company, 1863.

Merriam-Webster Dictionary

Choose the Right Synonym for section

Noun

PART, PORTION, PIECE, MEMBER, DIVISION, SECTION, SEGMENT, FRAGMENT

mean something less than the whole.

PART is a general term appropriate when indefiniteness is required.

they ran only part of the way

PORTION implies an assigned or allotted part.

cut the pie into six portions

PIECE applies to a separate or detached part of a whole.

a puzzle with 500 pieces

MEMBER suggests one of the functional units composing a body.

a structural member

DIVISION applies to a large or diversified part.

the manufacturing division of the company

SECTION applies to a relatively small or uniform part.

the entertainment section of the newspaper

SEGMENT applies to a part separated or marked out by or as if by natural lines of cleavage.

the retired segment of the population

FRAGMENT applies to a part produced by or as if by breaking off.

only a fragment of the play still exists

Dictionary of Problem Words and Expression

Section & cross-section

Section means “a piece,” “a portion”:

“This section of the farm lies in a valley.”

Cross-section means “a representative sample

meant to be typical of the whole”:

“This recommendation is based on a cross-section of public opinion in this area.”