Sectional

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sectional \Sec"tion*al\, a.
     1. Of or pertaining to a section or distinct part of larger
        body or territory; local.
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              All sectional interests, or party feelings, it is


              hoped, will hereafter yield to schemes of ambition.
                                                    --Story.
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     2. Consisting of sections, or capable of being divided into
        sections; as, a sectional steam boiler.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sectional
       adj 1: relating to or based upon a section (i.e. as if cut through
              by an intersecting plane); "a sectional view";
              "sectional drawings"
       2: consisting of or divided into sections; "a sectional sofa";
          "sectioned plates" [syn: {sectioned}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  21 Moby Thesaurus words for "sectional":
     areal, denominational, factional, fractional, fragmentary,
     geographical, incomplete, interested, locational, part, partial,
     partisan, party, regional, sectarian, sectary, segmental,
     segmentary, territorial, topographic, zonal