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sectional
CIDE DICTIONARY
sectional, a.
- 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." [1913 Webster]
- Consisting of sections, or capable of being divided into sections; as, a sectional steam boiler. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
sectional, adj.
1 a relating to a section, esp. of a community. b partisan.
2 made in sections.
3 local rather than general.
1 a relating to a section, esp. of a community. b partisan.
2 made in sections.
3 local rather than general.
Derivative
sectionalism n. sectionalist n. & adj. sectionalize v.tr. (also -ise). sectionally adv.
THESAURUS
sectional
areal, denominational, factional, fractional, fragmentary, geographical, incomplete, interested, locational, part, partial, partisan, party, regional, sectarian, sectary, segmental, segmentary, territorial, topographic, zonalROGET THESAURUS
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Part
N part, portion, dose, item, particular, aught, any, division, ward, subdivision, section, chapter, clause, count, paragraph, verse, article, passage, sector, segment, fraction, fragment, cantle, frustum, detachment, parcel, piece, lump, bit cut, cutting, chip, chunk, collop, slice, scale, lamina, small part, morsel, particle, installment, dividend, share, debris, odds and ends, oddments, detritus, excerpta, member, limb, lobe, lobule, arm, wing, scion, branch, bough, joint, link, offshoot, ramification, twig, bush, spray, sprig, runner, leaf, leaflet, stump, component part, sarmentum, compartment, department, county, fractional, fragmentary, sectional, aliquot, divided, in compartments, multifid, disconnected, partial, partly, in part, partially, piecemeal, part by part, by by installments, by snatches, by inches, by driblets, bit by bit, inch by inch, foot by foot, drop by drop, in detail, in lots.For further exploring for "sectional" in Webster Dictionary Online