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The point of intersection of a vertical line through the center of gravity of the fluid displaced by a floating body which is tipped through a small angle from its position of equilibrium, and the inclined line which was vertical through the center of gravity of the body when in equilibrium.

The operation of cutting into the uterus; hysterotomy; the Cæsarean section.

A minute inclosed crystal, often observed when minerals or rocks are examined in thin sections under the microscope.

field, usually by the two halves of a bisected lens which are movable along their line of section by a screw, and distances are determined by the number of screw revolutions necessary to bring the points to be measured into optical coincidence. When the two images are formed by a bisected objects glass, it is called a…

An instrument for making very thin sections for microscopical examination.

n of the same body) which would be necessary to elongate a prismatic body of a transverse section equal to a given unit, as a square inch or foot, to double, or to compress it to half, its original length, were that degree of elongation or compression possible, or within the limits of elasticity; -- called also Young's…

ch mold of a porch or doorway; the pier mold of a Gothic pier, meaning the whole profile, section, or combination of parts.

Having one oblique intersection; -- said of that system of crystallization in which the vertical axis is inclined to one, but at right angles to the other, lateral axis. See Crystallization.

The dissection, or that part of anatomy which treats of the dissection, of muscles.

The dissection of dead bodies; also, excision of necrosed bone. --Nec`ro*tom"ic (#), a. --Nec*rot"o*mist (#), n.

The dissection, or anatomy, of the nervous system.

Any country or region situated farther to the north than another; the northern section of a country.

A molding, the section of which is the form of the letter S, with the convex part above; cyma reversa. See Illust. under Cyma.

n of mercury at the temperature of melting ice 14.4521 grams in mass, of a constant cross-sectional area, and of the length of 106.3 centimeters. As thus defined it is called the international ohm. Ohm's law (Elec.), the statement of the fact that the strength or intensity of an electrical current is directly proportio…

That which is orbiculate; especially, a solid the vertical section of which is oval, and the horizontal section circular.

The anatomy or dissection of birds.

Right-angled; rectangular; as, an orthogonal intersection of one curve with another. Orthogonal projection. See under Orthographic.

An orthographic projection, sometimes partly in section, esp. of a building.

A drawing in correct projection, especially an elevation or a vertical section.

The dissection or anatomy of bones; osteology.