Section meaning : A cutting; a part cut out from the rest of something. A part, piece, subdivision of anything. A part of a document. An act or instance of cutting. A cross-section (image that shows an object as if cut along a plane). An incision or the act of making an incision. A thin slice of material prepared as a specimen for research. A taxonomic rank below the genus (and subgenus if present), but above the species. An informal taxonomic rank below the order ranks and above the family ranks. A group of 10-15 soldiers led by a non-commissioned officer and forming part of a platoon. A right inverse. A piece of residential land; a plot. A one-mile square area of land, defined by a government survey. Any of the squares, each containing 640 acres, into which the public lands of the United States were divided. The symbol §, denoting a section of a document. A sequence of rock layers. To cut, divide or separate into pieces. To reduce to the degree of thinness required for study with the microscope. To commit (a person, to a hospital, with or without their consent), as for mental health reasons. So called after various sections of legal acts regarding mental health. Medical To perform a cesarean section on (someone).