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SECTIONAL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A piece of furniture made up of sections that can be arranged individually or together
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("sectional" is a kind of...):
article of furniture; furniture; piece of furniture (furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Related or limited to a distinct region or subdivision of a territory or community or group of people
Example:
sectional tensions arose over slavery
Classified under:
Similar:
territorial (belonging to the territory of any state or ruler)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Consisting of or divided into sections
Example:
sectioned plates
Synonyms:
sectional; sectioned
Classified under:
Similar:
divided (separated into parts or pieces)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Relating to or based upon a section (i.e. as if cut through by an intersecting plane)
Example:
sectional drawings
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
section ((geometry) the area created by a plane cutting through a solid)
Context examples:
EXAMPLE(S): prospective, retrospective, cross-sectional, other
(Observational Study Protocol Version Time Perspective Code, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)
