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PLANE SECTION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(geometry) the area created by a plane cutting through a solid
Synonyms:
plane section; section
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("plane section" is a kind of...):
area; expanse; surface area (the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary)
Domain category:
geometry (the pure mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfaces)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "plane section"):
cross section (a section created by a plane cutting a solid perpendicular to its longest axis)
