Transected: meaning, definitions and examples
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transected
[ trænˈsɛktɪd ]
cut through
To transect means to cut across or divide something, particularly in the context of biological, geological, or medical studies. It is often used to describe the action of slicing through an object, area, or tissue to examine or analyze the different sections created.
Synonyms
Examples of usage
- The surgeon transected the tissue to access the underlying organs.
- Researchers transected the forest to study the biodiversity.
- The geologist transected the rock layers to analyze their composition.
Translations
Translations of the word "transected" in other languages:
🇵🇹 transectado
🇮🇳 क्रॉस किया हुआ
🇩🇪 durchtrennt
🇮🇩 terpotong
🇺🇦 перетнутий
🇵🇱 przecięty
🇯🇵 横断された
🇫🇷 transecté
🇪🇸 transectado
🇹🇷 kesilmiş
🇰🇷 단면이 있는
🇸🇦 مقطوع
🇨🇿 průsečný
🇸🇰 priesečný
🇨🇳 横断的
🇸🇮 prečrtan
🇮🇸 skipt
🇰🇿 кесілген
🇬🇪 გაწყვეტილი
🇦🇿 kəsilmiş
🇲🇽 transectado
Etymology
The word 'transect' comes from the Latin prefix 'trans-', meaning 'across', combined with the Latin root 'sect' from 'sectus', which means 'to cut'. The term has been adopted in various scientific fields to describe the act of cutting or cross-sectional examination. It is particularly prevalent in ecology, where a transect is often a line or path along which one collects data, allowing researchers to analyze the distribution of organisms or assess environmental changes over a gradient. The verb form of the term emphasizes the action of making such cuts, whether in a physical or metaphorical sense.