Overview of noun cross_section

The noun cross section has 3 senses

• cross section -- (a section created by a plane cutting a solid perpendicular to its longest axis)


• cross section -- (a sample meant to be representative of a whole population)


• cross section -- ((physics) the probability that a particular interaction (as capture or ionization) will take place between particles; measured in barns)

Overview of adj cross_section

The adj cross-section has 1 sense

• cross-section, cross-sectional -- (representing a plane made by cutting across something at right angles to its length; "cross-section views of the neck")