sectioning

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Noun

sectioning (plural sectionings)

1. A division into sections.

   Hyponyms: dissecting, dissection, transecting, transection, cross section, bisecting, bisection, bisegmentation, trisecting, trisection, trisegmentation, quadrisecting, quadrisection

   Near-synonym: segmentation

2. (UK, New Zealand, Australia, mental health) An instance of a person being sectioned.
   • 2005, Gill Aitken, Pam Alldred, Robin Allwood, Psychology, Discourse And Social Practice: From Regulation To Resistance:

     Nevertheless, some work reports that black women are overrepresented, comprising up to half of the sectionings […]

Verb

sectioning

1. present participle and gerund of section

See also

• subsectioning