Synonyms for cross-section
cross-sec·tion

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1. cross sectionnoun

   a section created by a plane cutting a solid perpendicular to its longest axis

   Synonyms:
   cross section

   Antonyms:
   lengthways, lengthwise

2. cross sectionnoun

   a sample meant to be representative of a whole population

   Synonyms:
   cross section

   Antonyms:
   lengthways, lengthwise

3. cross sectionadjective

   (physics) the probability that a particular interaction (as capture or ionization) will take place between particles; measured in barns

   Synonyms:
   cross section

   Antonyms:
   lengthwise, lengthways

4. cross-section(a), cross-sectionaladjective

   representing a plane made by cutting across something at right angles to its length

   "cross-section views of the neck"

   Antonyms:
   lengthways, lengthwise

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1. List of paraphrases for "cross-section":

   cross-sectional, sample, range, transverse, cross-cutting, transversal

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1. The President:

   You look at those protests and that was a far more representative cross section of America out on the streets, peacefully protesting. Who felt moved to do something because of the injustices that they have seen. That didn't exist back in the 1960s.

2. Clark Cunningham:

   That would tell us that this cross section of citizens, having spent nine months working hard at this, has concluded that at least some of what was done on behalf of the former president to overturn the election results was a crime, i think that’s terrifically significant.

3. Jonathan Kellner:

   The launching of MEMX, with the backing of a diverse and large cross-section of leading market players, is a transformative development that will drive a more competitive equity trading environment.

4. Simon Karger from technology developers:

   With Chimaera, what we've done is we've combined smart sensing technology, pre-operative planning, we've taken small implant form-factors; and we've combined both implant delivery with surgical tool to provide a completely connected, unified surgical system that has the potential to take a surgery that maybe only four or five people in the world can carry out today and make it accessible to a broad cross-section of general surgeons. By doing that we make it accessible to a much, much broader patient population.

5. Askia Muhammad:

   Minister Farrakhan and his reputation would hurt someone trying to win acceptance in the broad cross-section.