Definition of Midsection

1. Noun. The middle area of the human torso (usually in front). "Young American women believe that a bare midriff is fashionable"

Exact synonyms: Middle, Midriff
Generic synonyms: Area, Region
Group relationships: Body, Torso, Trunk

Definition of Midsection

1. Noun. The middle section of something. ¹

2. Noun. The midriff; the section of the human torso, from below the chest to above the waist. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Midsection

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Midsection

1. A cut or section through the middle of an organ. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Midsection

midroll
midround
midrun
mids
midsaggital
midsagittal
midsagittal plane
midsagittal section
midscale
midscene
midsea
midseason
midseason form
midseason forms
midseasons
midsection (current term)
midsections
midsemester
midsentence
midsequence
midsession
midset
midsfinger
midsfingers
midship
midshipman
midshipman fish
midshipmanship
midshipmen

Literary usage of Midsection

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Plane and Solid Geometry by Claude Irwin Palmer, Daniel Pomeroy Taylor (1918)
"Bi and B2 are the areas of the two bases, M the area of the midsection, ... Take any point 0 in the midsection andA connect it with the vertices of the ..."

2. Metrical Geometry: An Elementary Treatise on Mensuration by George Bruce Halsted (1881)
"... to four times the midsection; multiply this sum by one-sixth the altitude. ... and midsection approach the volume and midsection of the solid as limit. ..."

3. Plane and Solid Geometry by Fletcher Durell (1911)
"... midsection M, volume Tr, and altitude H. To prove r= Ì H (B + b + 4 IT). Proof. Take any point 0 in the midsection, and through it and each edge of the ..."

4. A World's Fair for the Global Village by Carl Malamud (1997)
"The midsection and foot are decorated) with animal masks in high relief, those on the midsection have large ears and horns projecting far beyond the vessel ..."

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