Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, or characteristic of a particular district.
- adjective Composed of or divided into component sections.
- noun A piece of furniture made up of sections that can be used separately or together.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Composed of or made up in several independent sections: as, the sectional hull of a ship.
- Of or pertaining to some particular section or region; for or in regard to some particular part of a country as distinct from others; local: as, sectional interests; sectional prejudices; sectional spirit; sectional legislation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to a section or distinct part of larger body or territory; local.
- adjective Consisting of sections, or capable of being divided into sections.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Separating into
sections . - adjective Relating to
conflict betweenareas . - noun An item of
furniture composed ofmodular sections; usually specifically a sectionalsofa - noun sports A
tournament ormatch held at thesection level, typically between theregionals and thechampionships - noun music A
band sectional , in which one section of a band or orchestra practices separately
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective relating to or based upon a section (i.e. as if cut through by an intersecting plane)
- noun a piece of furniture made up of sections that can be arranged individually or together
- adjective consisting of or divided into sections
- adjective related or limited to a distinct region or subdivision of a territory or community or group of people
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Examples
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Mr. Fillmore took strong ground against what he called a sectional ticket presenting both candidates from the free states, with the avowed purpose of one part of the Union ruling over the whole United
Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. John Sherman
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This does sound very similar to what Brown's close ally Ed Balls in August 2006 described as "short-term sectional gestures on taxation" after Blairite Stephen Byers called for the abolition of inheritance tax.
A cross-dressing Darling or goodbye to social democracy Burke's Corner 2007
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This does sound very similar to what Brown's close ally Ed Balls in August 2006 described as "short-term sectional gestures on taxation" after Blairite Stephen Byers called for the abolition of inheritance tax.
Archive 2007-10-01 Burke's Corner 2007
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Open field in sectional qualifying and decided to make this Southern Hills his professional debut.
USATODAY.com - Duval aims higher than top 10 at Southern Hills 2001
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He failed in sectional qualifying, shooting 74-80 -- 154 to miss the cut.
U.S. Open notebook 1996
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ANC, in the long term, guarantee the best interest of the country as a whole as opposed to the short-term sectional interests devised by the grand Apartheid strategy of the past.
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The policy of making freedom national and slavery sectional is being pursued with vigour by the Federal
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Well, I wonder if Lincon had that problem with the so called sectional violence of the times?
Think Progress » Fox News ‘Unwilling To Fall Into…Tender Trap’ Of Calling Iraq A Civil War 2006
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This situation increased costs, increased the frantic search for jobs, and above all developed what we could call a sectional attitude.
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It was the opprobrium of the Republican party in the Presidential campaign of 1860, that the Southern States were not, in any but a limited degree, represented in its ranks; and so it was called a sectional party.
The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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