cross section
cross section
nounDefinition of CROSS SECTION
a number of things selected from a group to stand for the whole <a television ratings service that monitors the viewing of a representative cross section of the general population>
Related Words case, example, exemplar, exemplification, illustration, instance, representative, specimen; archetype, classic, locus classicus, paradigm, prototype; microcosm
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