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sectioning en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. A division into sections.
    • Near-synonym: segmentation
  2. (Australia, New-Zealand, UK, qualifier:mental health) An instance of a person being sectioned.
    • Nevertheless, some work reports that black women are overrepresented, comprising up to half of the sectionings […] 2005, Gill Aitken, Pam Alldred, Robin Allwood, Psychology, Discourse And Social Practice: From Regulation To Resistance:

Forms

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sectionings Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

bisectioning · cryosectioning · microsectioning

Synonyms

segmentation

sectioning en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of section
    form of section

Relateds

subsectioning