sectional

3 definitions found

sectional - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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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sectional - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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: sectional, sectioned]
      3: related or limited to a distinct region or subdivision of a
         territory or community or group of people; "sectional
         tensions arose over slavery"
      n 1: a piece of furniture made up of sections that can be
           arranged individually or together

sectional - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  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