cross-section
Cutaway view diagram
A cross-section is a surface exposed by cutting through something, especially at right angles to its length: a cross-section of the spinal cord.
The term extends to any representative sample of a larger whole: a cross-section of American voters, The study surveyed a cross-section of the population.
As a verb, to cross-section is to cut or analyze in this way.
Disposable soft paper
- organBody's working component
- cellBasic unit of life
- histologyStudy of tissue structure
- microscopeInstrument for viewing minute objects
biopsy · dissection · coronal · sagittal · transverse · axial · plane · cadaver
All inhabitants combined
- censusOfficial population count
- surveySystematic data collection
- sampleSubset for study
- cohortGroup sharing circumstances
statistics · age · gender · ethnicity · socioeconomic · income · education · employment
Distinct part of whole
- portionDivided share given
- pieceA portion or segment
- sampleSubset for study
- layerSingle thickness of material
part · division · swath · representative · random · typical · broad · narrow
tissue
Disposable soft paper
microscope · biopsy · dissection · coronal · sagittal · transverse · axial · plane · cadaver · specimen
population
All inhabitants combined
cohort · statistics · age · gender · ethnicity · socioeconomic · income · education · employment · distribution
segment
Distinct part of whole
layer · part · division · swath · representative · random · typical · broad · narrow · thin
illustration
Picture explaining something
- drawingMarks forming a picture
- cutawayView with exterior removed
- schematicSimplified technical diagram
blueprint · profile · contour · dimensions · scale · sketch · rendering · elevation · plan · technical
strata
Parallel geological layers
fossil · outcrop · mineralogy · layer · granite · shale · limestone · basalt · sandstone · borehole
- anatomy diagramsanatomy chart, anatomy poster, muscle diagram, body systems, labeled diagram
- technical diagramsschematic, blueprint, flowchart, circuit diagram, wiring diagram
- geometryangles, circles, angle, shapes, lines
- diagramsflowchart, labeled diagram, Venn diagram, block diagram, tree diagram
- divisionssegment, segments, subdivision, subdivisions, part
- Learning Visualsdiagram, chart, graph, infographic, illustration