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单词 transect
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transectverb [ T ]

/trænˈsekt//trænˈsekt/specialized

to cut across something; to divide something by cutting it:

The surgeon accidentally transected the right renal artery during the procedure, said the family's lawyer.

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  • No contraction or retraction is seen when a vein is transected.
  • After 4 days, the average number of mitotic figures per section was 90% lower in transected nerves than in the uncut control nerves.
  • They noted that Acadian cleavage also typically transects Silurian rocks in the Lake District.
  • The trachea was transected above the tumor.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Cutting and stabbing

  • abrasion
  • bayonet
  • carve
  • carving
  • chisel
  • coppice
  • cut sth down
  • laceration
  • lance
  • mow
  • nick
  • notch
  • saw sth down
  • scratch
  • slash
  • slice
  • spike
  • trim
  • whittle
  • woodcarving

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Medical treatment: surgery

transectnoun [ C ]

/ˈtræn.sekt//ˈtræn.sekt/specialized

a line or narrow area along or within which measurements are taken, and items counted, etc. in scientific studies:

Each transect was walked at a slow pace noting the mammals seen in the vicinity of the path.

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  • The size of the list increased when they began collecting along seven transects, or imaginary lines, drawn from the shoreline of the Keys several miles into the ocean.
  • What he envisioned was a colossal version of an ecological transect - a standard means of sampling an ecosystem, in which a scientist tallies plants and animals along a straight path.
  • This sample transect went through forest, farmland and woodland, and also through five small villages.
  • Along the whole transect 7622 individual ants were collected by litter sifting.

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Geography: areas of land in general

  • area
  • circuit
  • country
  • curtilage
  • dry land
  • enclosure
  • fiefdom
  • interfluve
  • interior
  • lot
  • orography
  • parcel
  • patch
  • plot
  • pocket handkerchief
  • polder
  • region
  • sweep
  • territory
  • tract

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