resection
IPA: risˈɛkʃʌn
noun
- (medicine) The surgical removal of part or all of a tissue, organ, tumor, or body part.
- (surveying) A method of determining a position by using a map and compass bearings for two additional points.
- A section of a tire that has had worn tread replaced.
verb
- (medicine) To excise part or all of a tissue or organ.
- (surveying) To determine positions using compass bearings based on three or more known positions.
- (digital image processing) To estimate a camera projection matrix from known position data and image entities.
- To redivide into new sections.
- (education) To transfer students into new class groupings or grade levels.
- (civil engineering) To deepen or widen a river or other natural watercourse for flood control, land drainage, or navigation.
- (civil engineering, chiefly India) To remove material from the surface of a road in order to achieve a uniform thickness.
- To thinly slice a specimen as part of its preparation, such as when preparing a microscope slide.
- To replace a worn section of tire with new tread.
- (UK, Australia, New Zealand) To readmit involuntarily into a mental hospital.
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