What does "cross-sectional" mean?

Of, pertaining to, or being a cross section.

What is a synonym for "cross-sectional"?

Common synonyms include: cross-section.

Cross-sectional

adj

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Definitions

Adjective

1
Of, pertaining to, or being a cross section. not-comparable

Adjective

1
representing a plane made by cutting across something at right angles to its length wordnet
2
of or relating to a cross section wordnet

Synonyms

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cross-section

Example

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"Had King Tut died of a head injury, Selim says the 1,900 cross-sectional CT images would have showed the two bone fragments inside the skull fused with embalming resin."

Etymology

From cross section + -al.

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