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cross section | [in statistics] a sample meant to be representative of a whole population | ||
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cross section | a section created by a plane cutting a solid perpendicular to its longest axis | ||
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cross section | [in nuclear_physics] the probability that a particular interaction (as capture or ionization) will take place between particles; measured in barns | ||
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cross-section, cross-sectional | representing a plane made by cutting across something at right angles to its length |