Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cross_section

3 senses of cross section

Sense 1
cross section -- (a section created by a plane cutting a solid perpendicular to its longest axis)
       => section, plane section -- ((geometry) the area created by a plane cutting through a solid)

Sense 2
cross section -- (a sample meant to be representative of a whole population)
       => sample -- (a small part of something intended as representative of the whole)

Sense 3
cross section -- ((physics) the probability that a particular interaction (as capture or ionization) will take place between particles; measured in barns)
       => probability, chance -- (a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible; "the probability that an unbiased coin will fall with the head up is 0.5")

Antonyms of adj cross_section

1 sense of cross-section

Sense 1
cross-section (prenominal), cross-sectional -- (representing a plane made by cutting across something at right angles to its length; "cross-section views of the neck")

INDIRECT (VIA crosswise) -> lengthwise, lengthways -- (running or extending in the direction of the length of a thing; "the lengthwise dimension")

Similarity of adj cross_section

1 sense of cross-section

Sense 1
cross-section (prenominal), cross-sectional -- (representing a plane made by cutting across something at right angles to its length; "cross-section views of the neck")
       => crosswise (vs. lengthwise) -- (lying or extending across the length of a thing or in a cross direction; "a crosswise street"; "the crosswise dimension")