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Wikipedia has an article on: Cross section

Noun

Singular cross section

Plural cross sections

cross section (plural cross sections)

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

 

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