plane of section
41Plane joint — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = articulatio plana GraySubject = 70 GrayPage = 286 Caption = Vertical section through the articulations at the wrist, showing the synovial cavities. Caption2 = System = Precursor = MeshName = MeshNumber =… …
42plane figure — noun a two dimensional shape • Syn: ↑two dimensional figure • Hypernyms: ↑figure • Hyponyms: ↑heart, ↑polygon, ↑polygonal shape, ↑conic section …
43section — A representation of an object as it would appear if cut by an intersecting plane, so that the internal structure is displayed. Also called a cross section (which you should see for images of examples). Also see didactic and plan …
44Principal section — Principal Prin ci*pal, a. [F., from L. principalis. See {Prince}.] 1. Highest in rank, authority, character, importance, or degree; most considerable or important; chief; main; as, the principal officers of a Government; the principal men of a… …
45Principal plane — Principal Prin ci*pal, a. [F., from L. principalis. See {Prince}.] 1. Highest in rank, authority, character, importance, or degree; most considerable or important; chief; main; as, the principal officers of a Government; the principal men of a… …
46frontal plane — A plane or section parallel to the body main axis and at right angles to the sagittal plane; horizontal plane …
47transverse plane — A plane or section perpendicular to the longitudinal axis …
48Thin section — Section Sec tion, n. [L. sectio, fr. secare, sectum, to cut; akin to E. saw a cutting instrument: cf. F. section. See {Saw}, and cf. {Scion}, {Dissect}, {Insect}, {Secant}, {Segment}.] 1. The act of cutting, or separation by cutting; as, the… …
49Objective plane — Plane Plane, n. [F. plane, L. plana. See {Plane}, v. & a.] 1. (Geom.) A surface, real or imaginary, in which, if any two points are taken, the straight line which joins them lies wholly in that surface; or a surface, any section of which by a… …
50Perspective plane — Plane Plane, n. [F. plane, L. plana. See {Plane}, v. & a.] 1. (Geom.) A surface, real or imaginary, in which, if any two points are taken, the straight line which joins them lies wholly in that surface; or a surface, any section of which by a… …
