crosssection

See also: cross-section and cross section

English

Noun

crosssection (plural crosssections)

1. (rare) Alternative spelling of cross section
   • 1956, Journal of the American Helicopter Society, page 41:

     Typically, damage initiates at the smaller crosssection end of the truncated cone.

   • 1970, IEEE Electron Devices Society., Reliability Physics, page 136:

     If a circuit is 200 rails in length, and the final crosssection is 100 mils into the circuit, one could rough grind approximately 80 mils to the final...

   • 1986, Aage Bøttger Sørensen, Franz E. Weinert, Lonnie R. Sherrod., Human Development and the Life Course: Multidisciplinary Perspectives, page 156:

     Equally important, each crosssection slice denotes the age structure of roles in the society

   • 2000, Paul Langacker., Neutrinos in Physics and Astrophysics, page 87:

     Indeed, the WW crosssection is related to the imaginary part of the WW loop