Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thin section

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.36 in modern English

Syllables: thin -sec-tion
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A thin, optically flat sliver of a material, especially a rock or mineral, that can be used in microscopy.

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see thin, section.

Example Sentences

"The purpose of this book is to illustrate the appearance of many of the common rock-forming minerals in thin section under the microscope."
"Before long, as Dawson (1992) pointed out, Sorby (1863) also made thin sections of some of the fused charges of basalt produced by Sir James Hall."

Inflected Forms

thin sections (plural)

Questions

What does thin section mean?: A thin, optically flat sliver of a material, especially a rock or mineral, that can be used in microscopy.

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