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

Famous quotes containing the words cross and/or section:

    “He saved others; he cannot save himself. He is the King of Israel; let him come down from the cross now, and we will believe in him.”
    —Bible: New Testament, Matthew 27:42.

    “Personally I think we’re over-specialized. Why it’s getting so we have experts who concentrate only on the lower section of a specimen’s left ear.”
    —Martin Berkeley, and Jack Arnold. Prof. Clete Ferguson (John Agar)