Defenition of the word cross section
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Defenition of the word cross section
- a section created by a plane cutting a solid perpendicular to its longest axis
- (physics) the probability that a particular interaction (as capture or ionization) will take place between particles; measured in barns
- a sample meant to be representative of a whole population
Hyponyms for the word cross section
Hypernyms for the word cross section
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- chance
- plane section
- probability
- sample
- section
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