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sect meaning in Portuguese

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sect [sects] (religious movement)
noun
[UK: sekt]
[US: ˈsekt]

seitanoun
{f}

section [sections] (cutting, part cut out)
noun
[UK: ˈsek.ʃn̩]
[US: ˈsek.ʃn̩]

secçãonoun
{f}

section [sections] (science: thin slice of material)
noun
[UK: ˈsek.ʃn̩]
[US: ˈsek.ʃn̩]

seçãonoun
{f}

sector [sectors] (section)
noun
[UK: ˈsek.tə(r)]
[US: ˈsek.tər]

setornoun
{m}

sectoral (pertaining to a sector)
adjective
[UK: ˈsek.tə.rəl]
[US: ˈsek.tə.rəl]

setorialadjective
{m} {f}

abdominoperineal resection (surgery to remove a portion of the large intestine)
noun

ressecção abdominoperinealnoun
{f}

angle bisector (ray that divides an angle into two equal parts)
noun

bissetriznoun
{f}

antiinsect (countering insects)
adjective

anti-insetosadjective

antivivisection (opposed to vivisection)
adjective
[UK: ˌantɪvˌɪvɪsˈekʃən]
[US: ˌæntɪvˌɪvɪsˈekʃən]

antivivisseccionistaadjective

antivivissecçãoadjective

antivivisectionism (opposition to vivisection)
noun

antivivisseccionismonoun
{m}

antivivisectionist (an individual opposed to the practice of vivisection)
noun
[UK: ˌantɪvˌɪvɪsˈekʃənˌɪst]
[US: ˌæntɪvˌɪvɪsˈekʃənˌɪst]

antivivisseccionistanoun
{m} {f}

bisection [bisections] (a division into two parts, especially into two equal parts)
noun
[UK: baɪ.ˈsek.ʃn̩]
[US: baɪ.ˈsek.ʃn̩]

bisectriznoun
{f}

bisector [bisectors] (A line or curve that bisects or divides a line segment, angle, or other figure into two equal parts)
noun
[UK: baɪ.ˈsek.tə]
[US: baɪ.ˈsek.tər]

bisectriznoun
{f}

Caesarean section (incision in the womb)
noun

cesariananoun
{f}

circular sector (portion of a circle)
noun

setornoun
{m}

conic section (Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane)
noun
[UK: ˈkɒ.nɪk ˈsek.ʃn̩]
[US: ˈkɑː.nɪk ˈsek.ʃn̩]

cônicanoun
{f}

seção cônicanoun
{f}

cross section [cross sections] ((physics) probability of a particular nuclear reaction)
noun
[UK: ˈkrɒs ˈsek.ʃn̩]
[US: ˈkrɑːs ˈsek.ʃn̩]

secção eficaznoun
{f}

cross section [cross sections] (section formed by a plane cutting through an object)
noun
[UK: ˈkrɒs ˈsek.ʃn̩]
[US: ˈkrɑːs ˈsek.ʃn̩]

secção transversalnoun
{f}

seção transversalnoun
{f}

cross-sectional (of, pertaining to, or being a cross section)
adjective
[UK: ˈkrɒs ˈsek.ʃn̩əl]
[US: ˈkrɑːs ˈsek.ʃn̩əl]

transversaladjective

dissect [dissected, dissecting, dissects] (to study a dead animal's anatomy by cutting it apart)
verb
[UK: dɪ.ˈsekt]
[US: daɪ.ˈsekt]

dissecarverb

dissection [dissections] (the act of dissecting, of cutting a dead body apart)
noun
[UK: dɪ.ˈsek.ʃn̩]
[US: daɪ.ˈsek.ʃn̩]

dissecaçãonoun
{f}

dissecçãonoun
{f}

hydrodissection (the injection of small amounts of fluid to release a trapped nerve)
noun

hidrodissecçãonoun
{f}

insect [insects] (arthropod of class Insecta)
noun
[UK: ˈɪn.sekt]
[US: ˈɪn.ˌsekt]

insetonoun
{m}

insect [insects] (colloquial: any small arthropod)
noun
[UK: ˈɪn.sekt]
[US: ˈɪn.ˌsekt]

bichinhonoun
{m}

insecticidal (relating to insecticide)
adjective
[UK: ɪn.ˈsek.tɪ.saɪd]
[US: ɪn.ˈsek.tɪ.saɪd]

inseticidaadjective

insecticide [insecticides] (A substance used to kill insects)
noun
[UK: ɪn.ˈsek.tɪ.saɪd]
[US: ˌɪn.ˈsek.tə.ˌsaɪd]

inseticidanoun
{m}

insectivore [insectivores] (insect-eating animal or plant)
noun
[UK: ɪn.ˈsek.tɪ.vɔː(r)]
[US: ɪn.ˈsek.tɪ.vɔːr]

insectívoronoun
{m}

insetívoronoun
{m}

insectivorous (feeding on insects)
adjective
[UK: ˌɪn.sek.ˈtɪ.və.rəs]
[US: ˌɪn.sek.ˈtɪ.və.rəs]

insectívoroadjective

insetívoroadjective

intersect [intersected, intersecting, intersects] (to cross each other; to cut each other)
verb
[UK: ˌɪn.tə.ˈsekt]
[US: ˌɪn.tər.ˈsekt]

intersectarverb

intersetarverb

intersection [intersections] (junction of two or more paths, etc)
noun
[UK: ˌɪn.tə.ˈsek.ʃn̩]
[US: ˌɪn.tər.ˈsek.ʃn̩]

intersecçãonoun
{f}

interseçãonoun
{f}

intersectionality (sociological methodology)
noun

interseccionalidadenoun
{f}

public sector (government and entities)
noun
[UK: ˈpʌ.blɪk ˈsek.tə(r)]
[US: ˈpʌ.blɪk ˈsek.tər]

setor públiconoun
{m}

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