sectional
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
sectional
adj 1: relating to or based upon a section (i.e. as if cut
through by an intersecting plane); "a sectional view";
"sectional drawings"
2: consisting of or divided into sections; "a sectional sofa";
"sectioned plates" [syn: {sectional}, {sectioned}]
3: related or limited to a distinct region or subdivision of a
territory or community or group of people; "sectional
tensions arose over slavery"
n 1: a piece of furniture made up of sections that can be
arranged individually or together
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Sectional \Sec"tion*al\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to a section or distinct part of larger
body or territory; local.
[1913 Webster]
All sectional interests, or party feelings, it is
hoped, will hereafter yield to schemes of ambition.
--Story.
[1913 Webster]
2. Consisting of sections, or capable of being divided into
sections; as, a sectional steam boiler.
[1913 Webster]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
21 Moby Thesaurus words for "sectional":
areal, denominational, factional, fractional, fragmentary,
geographical, incomplete, interested, locational, part, partial,
partisan, party, regional, sectarian, sectary, segmental,
segmentary, territorial, topographic, zonal
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