cross section

See also: crosssection and cross-section

English

Noun

cross section (plural cross sections)

1. A section formed by a plane cutting through an object, usually at right angles to an axis.
2. (mathematics, statistics) A sample meant to be representative of a whole population.
3. (physics) The probability that a particular nuclear reaction will take place.

Derived terms

• neutron cross section
• radar cross section
• time cross section

Translations

section formed by a plane cutting through an object

• Bulgarian: на́пречен ра́зрез m (náprečen rázrez), на́пречно сече́ние n (náprečno sečénie)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 橫截面／横截面 (zh) (héngjiémiàn)

• Czech: příčný řez m
• Dutch: doorsnede (nl) f or m, dwarsdoorsnede (nl) c, dwarsdoorsnee (nl) c
• Finnish: poikkileikkaus (fi)
• French: section transversale f
• German: Querschnitt (de) m, Kreuzschnitt m, Profil (de) n
• Greek: διατομή (el) f (diatomí)
• Hungarian: keresztmetszet (hu)
• Italian: spaccato (it) m
• Japanese: 横断面 (おうだんめん, ōdanmen)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: birgeha panî f, panîbirgeh f

• Latvian: šķēlums (lv) m
• Maori: topenga, tirohanga topenga
• Norwegian: tverrsnitt n
• Portuguese: secção transversal f (Portugal), seção transversal f (Brazil)
• Romanian: secțiune transversală (ro) f
• Russian: сече́ние (ru) n (sečénije), попере́чное сече́ние (ru) n (poperéčnoje sečénije)
• Spanish: sección transversal f
• Swedish: tvärsnitt (sv) n
• Turkish: kesit (tr)
• Welsh: trawstoriad m, croestoriad m

(mathematics, statistics) representative sample

• Bulgarian: представителна извадка (predstavitelna izvadka)
• Finnish: läpileikkaus (fi)
• Greek: αντιπροσωπευτικό δείγμα n (antiprosopeftikó deígma)
• Norwegian: tverrsnitt n
• Welsh: trawstoriad m

(physics) probability of a particular nuclear reaction

• Finnish: vaikutusala (fi)
• French: section efficace (fr) f
• Norwegian: tverrsnitt n
• Portuguese: secção eficaz f (Portugal)