cross section
noun/ˈkrɒs sekʃn/
/ˈkrɔːs sekʃn/
- [countable, uncountable] what you see when you cut through the middle of something so that you can see the different layers it is made of; a drawing of this view
- a diagram representing a cross section of the human eye
- in cross section the human eye in cross section
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- [countable, usually singular] a group of people or things that are typical of a larger group
- a representative cross section of society
- a wide cross section of the population
- a broad cross section of opinion
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- broad
- fair
- good
- …
- be drawn from
- represent
- cross section of
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