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Cross section   /krɔs sˈɛkʃən/   Listen
Cross section

noun
1.
A section created by a plane cutting a solid perpendicular to its longest axis.
2.
A sample meant to be representative of a whole population.
3.
(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" Quotes from Famous Books



... driving wheel is cast iron and has spokes of the old rib pattern, which is a T in cross section, and was used previous to the adoption of the hollow spoke wheel. In the mid-1830's Baldwin and others used this rib-pattern style of wheel, except that the rib faced inside. The present driving-wheel centers ...
— The 'Pioneer': Light Passenger Locomotive of 1851 • John H. White
... ground at road fork 552 near D. Wirt visible to a patrol on Hill 712? If not what is the obstructing point? Turn in profile, using cross section paper. ...
— Military Instructors Manual • James P. Cole and Oliver Schoonmaker


Words linked to "Cross section" :   nucleonics, sample, atomic physics, cross-sectional, nuclear physics, probability, profile, chance, plane section, section, statistics


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