Cross Section

Cross section may refer to:

  • Cross section (geometry), the intersection of a 3-dimensional body with a plane
  • Cross-sectional views in architecture & engineering
  • Radar cross section, the unit of measure of how detectable an object is with a radar
  • Cross section (physics), the likelihood of an interaction event between two particles
    • Absorption cross section
    • Neutron cross section
    • Nuclear cross section
    • Photoionisation cross section
    • Scattering cross section
  • Section (fiber bundle), in differential and algebraic geometry and topology, a section of a fiber bundle or sheaf
  • Cross-sectional data, a type of one-dimensional data set in statistics and econometrics
  • Stratigraphy, the study of geological cross-sections
    • Core sample
    • Thin section
  • Cross section (biology), a sample such as that created by a microtome

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