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cross section

cross section
1. A plane surface formed by cutting a solid, especially by cutting at right angles to its longest axis.

2. The area of such a surface.

3. A measure of the probability that a collision will occur between a beam of radiation and a particular particle, expressed as the effective area presented by the particle in that particular process. It is ...

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