sectional
a sofa composed of several independent sections that can be arranged individually or in various combinations.
Origin of sectional
1Other words from sectional
- sec·tion·al·ly, adverb
- mul·ti·sec·tion·al, adjective
- non·sec·tion·al, adjective
- non·sec·tion·al·ly, adverb
- un·sec·tion·al, adjective
- un·sec·tion·al·ly, adverb
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How to use sectional in a sentence
To underpin her efforts and support future hair research, Lasisi developed an improved and standardized way of measuring hair curvature and cross-sectional shape.
Tina Lasisi wants to untangle the evolution of human hair | Aina Abell | September 29, 2022 | Science NewsWhat’s more, inputting the height, density, cross-sectional area and other material properties of the formations into the model predicted the formations’ fundamental frequencies.
How climbers help scientists vibe with Utah’s famous red rock formations | Rachel Crowell | March 21, 2022 | Science NewsSo when the data collected by the detectors are stitched together by a computer, it can form a cross-sectional view of what’s inside based on where X-rays are absorbed more or less.
For 50 years, CT scans have saved lives, revealed beauty and more | Emily Conover | December 10, 2021 | Science NewsRacial discrimination was not “a sectional issue,” Kennedy said, but a condition that existed “in every city, every State of the Union.”
Activism spurred political leadership on civil rights once. Will it happen again? | Patricia Sullivan | September 2, 2021 | Washington PostYet he willingly countenanced the seditious wing of his party throughout the 1850s, worried that standing up to it would exacerbate sectional tensions and stifle his own presidential ambitions.
Mitch McConnell has repeated Stephen A. Douglas’s biggest mistake | Lauren Haumesser | January 12, 2021 | Washington Post
What we want most is sectional treatises on single subjects.
My New Curate | P.A. SheehanThe lines in sectional shading or cross-hatching may be made to denote the material of which the piece is to be composed.
Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught | Joshua RoseA sectional edge view is here necessary in order to show the hexagonal form.
Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught | Joshua RoseEvery care was taken to prevent the movement assuming a sectional as distinct from a national tendency.
The Evolution of Sinn Fein | Robert Mitchell HenryThe sectional feeling that brought on that armed contest continues in another direction, and divides the two great parties.
British Dictionary definitions for sectional
/ (ˈsɛkʃənəl) /
composed of several sections
of or relating to a section
Derived forms of sectional
- sectionally, adverb
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