sectioned
- 1Simple past and past participle of section.
The technician sectioned the tissue sample for closer examination under the microscope.
Editors sectioned the lengthy report into clearly labeled chapters.
Note
One spelling serves as both past tense (she sectioned the report) and participle after have or be (the tissue has been sectioned). In the UK, Australia and New Zealand, the passive carries a weighty meaning: someone who was sectioned has been committed to hospital as an involuntary mental health patient, after sections of mental health law. In a medical setting it may instead mean given a cesarean.
sectioned is a form of section
section, verb: To cut or divide something into parts, especially to cut material into thin slices for study under a microscope. Full entry
- Forms
- sectionsections he/she/itsectioning -ing formsectioned past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- section → sectioned: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /d/.
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