horizontal section
Example Sentences
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A horizontal section of the wood reveals the rings; a vertical section exposes the long lines of vessel elements, giving the familiar grain of the wood.
From Nature • Apr. 2, 2019
This is illustrated by the horizontal section of the best-fit curve where the relationship between reported income and consumption is absent.
From Forbes • Aug. 27, 2014
As its speed decreased, centrifugal force would lessen, and gravity would pull it in a slowly descending spiral toward the lower, more horizontal section.
From Time Magazine Archive
The upper edge of the book shows the tree in its youth, cut from a horizontal section, with the sap in the center and the eccentric circles.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896 by Various
Describe the appearance of the brain when a horizontal section has been made.
From A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) by Cutter, Calvin
