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How to sign: a specialized division of a large organization
"you'll find it in the hardware department"; "she got a job in the historical section of the Treasury";
Similiar / Same: department
Categories: division
Within this category: academic department, business department, government department, payroll, personnel department, security
How to sign: one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object
"a section of a fishing rod"; "metal sections were used below ground"; "finished the final segment of the road";
Similiar / Same: segment
Within this category: bend, dado, leaf, length, straightaway, subsection
How to sign: a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical)
"he always turns first to the business section"; "the history of this work is discussed in the next section";
Similiar / Same: subdivision
Categories: music, piece of writing, writing, written material
Within this category: article, book, canto, chapter, conclusion, episode, insert, introduction, lead, mezuzah, narration, obbligato, passage, recapitulation, sports section, spot, spot, sura
How to sign: the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation)
Similiar / Same: surgical incision, incision
Within this category: gastromy, keratotomy, laparotomy, nephrotomy, orchotomy, perineotomy, sclerotomy, valvotomy, vasotomy, venesection
