Definitions for "cross section"
a flat plane cutting through a three-dimensional object, usually at right angles to the longest axis of the object.
any visual representation of a cross section{1}, showing the internal structure of the object in the plane of the cross section; as, the technician prepared a series of MRI cross sections of the skull.
a thin slice of an object made by cutting it transversely; as, to view a cross section of a bacterium with an electron microscope after staining the DNA; cross sections were prepared with a microtome.
a quantity describing the frequency with which an elementary phenomenon (in this case the production of the top quark) happens in a given reaction (in this case the collisions of protons and antiprotons)
a common method of depicting the internal arrangement of a three-dimensional object in two dimensions
a piece of an array composed from one or more adjacent dimensions
Depicts the characteristics of the highway facility within the right-of-way.
Keywords:  ovoid, horseshoe, tunnel, square, round
The shape of a tunnel; shapes include ovoid, horseshoe, round or square.
A diagram illustrating earth materials as if a large ditch was dug into the ground and the materials are viewed from within the ditch.
A series of coordinates representing the elevations and distances of points across a stream channel, perpendicular to the direction of flow.
a sample meant to be representative of a whole population
A group of names and addresses selected from a mailing list in such a way as to be representative of the entire list.