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Definition: Section |
SectionNoun1. A self-contained part of a larger composition; "he always turns first to the business section"; "the history of this work is discussed in the next section". 2. A very thin slice (of tissue or mineral or other substance) for examination under a microscope; "sections from the left ventricle showed diseased tissue". 3. A distinct region or subdivision of a territorial or political area or community or group of people; "no section of the nation is more ardent than the South"; "there are three synagogues in the Jewish section". 4. One of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object: "a section of a fishing rod"; "metal sections were used below ground"; "finished the final segment of the road". 5. A small team of policemen working as part of a police platoon. 6. One of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole: "the written part of the exam"; "the finance section of the company"; "the BBC's engineering division". 7. A land unit of 1 square mile measuring 1 mile on a side. 8. (geometry) the area created by a plane cutting through a solid. 9. A division of an orchestra containing all instruments of the same class. 10. : a small army unit usually having a special function. 11. : a specialized division of a large organization; "you'll find it in the hardware department"; "she got a job in the historical section of the Treasury". 12. : a segment of a citrus fruit; "he ate a section of the orange". 13. : the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation). Verb1. Divide into segments; "segment an orange"; "segment a compound word". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "section" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
Etymology: Section \Sec"tion\, noun. [Latin expression sectio, from secare, sectum, to cut; akin to English saw cutting instrument: compare to the French expression section. See Saw, and compare to Scion, Dissect, Insect, Secant, Segment.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Aerospace | One of the cross-section parts that a rocket vehicle is divided into, each adjoining another at one or both of its end. Usually described by a designating word, as in nose section, aft section, center section, tail section, thrust section, tank section , etc. (references) |
Electrical Engineering | In multiple system. Source: European Union. (references) |
Finance | A parcel of land in a government survey comprising one square mile or 640 acres. (references) |
Insurance | Group of branches linked by virtue of the homogeneity of the risks which they cover. Source: European Union. (references) |
Law | A portion of the California Codes. The text of these sections are set forth in bills and proposed to be amended, repealed, or aDDed. (references) |
Medicine | A cut surface. Source: European Union. (references) |
Military | Part of a NATO headquarters branch which deals with specific assigned tasks within a major functional area. (references) |
Mining | A. A portion of the working area of a mine b. Representation of features such as mine workings or geological features on a vertical (or inclined) plane. A longitudinal section is parallel to the strike of a vein or geologic plane. A cross section is perpendicular to the strike c. Detailed measurement, taken vertically, of a coal vein or of strata embracing several veins d. A drawing or diagram of the strata sunk through in a shaft or inclined plane, or proved by boring. e. The local series of beds constituting a group or formation f. A piece of land that is 1 square mile (2.59 km2 ) or 640 acres (259 ha) in area forming one of the 36 subdivisions of a township in aU.S. public-land survey. (references) |
Public Administration | In Acts of Parliament(1); in all other legislation(2). Source: European Union. (references) |
Tips from 1870 | Usage: Section. "We raise finer horses in our section." This is an Americanism that should be avoided. Neighborhood, vicinity, region, part of the country or State, may be substituted for section. Source: Slips of Speech. |
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In mathematics, in particular topology, a fiber bundle is a continuous surjective map, π from a topological space E to another topological space B, satisfying a further condition making it locally of a particularly simple form. Putting it in intuitive terms, by locally here is meant locally on B; that is, if we imagine a small creature living on B and describing E, as mapped to B, only within a limited horizon on B, π has the description of a projection map inside a cartesian product. Introducing a further topological space F, we use the projection map from to B as the model. For example in the case of a vector bundle, F is a vector space over the real numbers. To qualify as a vector bundle, the matching conditions between local trivializable neighborhoods would have to be linear as well.Saying it more formally, for any x in B, there is a neighborhood such that is homeomorphic to , in such a way that π carries over to the projection onto the first factor.
B is called the base space of the fiber bundle and for any , the preimage of x, is called the fiber at x and the map π is called the projection map.
A standard example is a Möbius strip as E, in which B can be taken as a circle and F a line segment. The 'twisting' in the band is only apparent globally, while locally the ribbon structure defines the topology.
Structure groups
Sometimes, there exists a topological group G of transformations of E, such that if ρ denotes the action,
for g in G and e in E. The condition states that every G-orbit lies within a single fiber.
In that case, G is called the structure group of the fiber bundle. To qualify as a G-bundle, the matching conditions between local trivializable neighborhoods would have to be intertwiners of G-actions as well.
If, in addition, G acts freely, transitively and continuously upon each fiber, then we call the fiber bundle a principal bundle. An example of a principal bundle that occurs naturally in geometry is the bundle of all bases for the tangent space to a manifold, with G the general linear group; restricting in Riemannian geometry to orthonormal bases, one would limit G to the orthogonal group. See vierbein for more details.
A section of a fiber bundle is a continuous map, such that , for x in B. Since bundles do not in general have sections, one of the purposes of the theory is to account for their existence. This leads to the theory of characteristic classes in algebraic topology.
One of the primary applications of fiber bundles is in gauge theory.
See also Fibration.
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Section can be:
- A cross section (in the common sense or the physics sense)
- In mathematics:
- A conic section
- A section of a fiber bundle or sheaf
- A Caesarean section
- In UK law, Section 28
- In the fictional Star Trek universe, Section 31
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Section is a town located in Jackson County, Alabama. As of the 2000 census, the population of the town is 769.Geography
Section is located at 34°34'41" North, 85°59'17" West (34.578155, -85.988114)1. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 11.9 km² (4.6 mi²). 11.9 km² (4.6 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.Demographics
As of the census2 of 2000, there are 769 people, 321 households, and 228 families residing in the town. The population density is 64.8/km² (167.9/mi²). There are 352 housing units at an average density of 29.7/km² (76.8/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 93.89% White, 0.78% Black or African American, 2.34% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.13% from other races, and 2.86% from two or more races. 0.52% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 321 households out of which 27.7% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.1% are married couples living together, 12.1% have a female householder with no husband present, and 28.7% are non-families. 25.9% of all households are made up of individuals and 14.0% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.40 and the average family size is 2.88. In the town the population is spread out with 21.2% under the age of 18, 8.5% from 18 to 24, 24.3% from 25 to 44, 30.9% from 45 to 64, and 15.1% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 42 years. For every 100 females there are 84.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 82.5 males. The median income for a household in the town is $31,500, and the median income for a family is $37,115. Males have a median income of $29,205 versus $20,781 for females. The per capita income for the town is $17,036. 16.3% of the population and 15.0% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 25.5% are under the age of 18 and 12.4% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Section, Alabama."
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This page has been listed on Wikipedia:Votes for deletion. Please see that page for justifications and discussion.Atlas Shrugged is divided into three parts, with ten chapters in each part. Chapters are divided into any number of sections.
Part 1 - Non-Contradiction
Chapters:
- The Theme
- The Chain
- The Top and the Bottom
- The Immovable Movers
- The Climax of the D'Anconias
- The Non-Commercial
- The Exploiters and the Exploited
- The John Galt Line
- The Sacred and the Profane
- Wyatt's Torch
Part 2 - Either-Or
Chapters:
- The Man who Belonged on Earth
- The Aristocracy of Pull
- White Blackmail
- The Sanction of the Victim
- Account Overdrawn
- Miracle Metal
- The Moratorium on Brains
- By Our Love
- The Face without Pain or Fear or Guilt
- The Sign of the Dollar
Part 3 - A Is A
Chapters:
- Atlantis
- The Utopia of Greed
- Anti-Greed
- Anti-Life
- Their Brothers' Keepers
- The Concerto of Deliverance
- "This is John Galt Speaking"
- The Egoist
- The Generator
- In the Name of the Best within Us
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This page has been listed on Wikipedia:Votes for deletion. Please see that page for justifications and discussion.=Atlas Shrugged, Part 1, Chapters 6-10=
(View complete Structure_of_Atlas_Shrugged, or for previous chapters, see Synopsis of Atlas Shrugged, Chapters 1-5, for next chapters see Synopsis of Atlas Shrugged, Part 2, Chapters 1-5)
CHAPTER SIX: THE NON-COMMERCIAL
Section 161: Part 1, Chapter 6, Section 1
- Plot summary:
- Hank Rearden reluctantly attends a party thrown by his wife on their anniversary. Lillian Rearden has invited her circle of friends, which includes the "heart of the country's culture", the intellectual elite whose opinions are shaping the times. This is a bit of an insult, though, as the whole country is falling apart. As these friends speak, we are introduced to the ideas that are causing the collapse of society:
- Dr. Simon Pritchett, the nation's leading philosopher, declares man is a miserable bit of protoplasm, there are no standards, reason is a superstition, the purpose of philosophy is to prove we can know nothing and find no meaning in life, and that when people realize this they will be more "tractable."
- Balph Eubank, the literary leader of the age, declares that suffering is the essence of life, and that free will, achievement, and happiness are laughable concepts. Plot, he says, is a primitive vulgarity in literature. He later says, that the machine age has destroyed man's humanity, observing that Dagny Taggett runs a railroad rather than practicing the beautiful art of the handloom and bearing children.
- Bertram Scudder, the editor, declares that property rights are a superstition. Claude Slagenhop, president of Friends of Global Progress, declares that need is the only consideration, and that this consideration justifies anything, that ideas are just hot air - what is needed is action, and that right is whatever is good for society.
- Rearden is shocked by the arrival of Dagny Taggart. When they talk he is formal and distant, quite unlike the easy manner that characterized their business dealings. Dagny is taken aback by his manner and is puzzled when he gives her the cold shoulder throughout the evening.
- Rearden argues with Lillian after he discovers she has invited Bertram Scudder to the party. Scudder had trashed Rearden in an article. He cannot understand why she would invite a man who is so hostile to him, and why Lillian seems to enjoy his anger. He thinks there is some riddle to her character that he should try to understand. Just then, Francisco d'Anconia enters, who will in due time provide Rearden with the answer to this riddle. A self-made man, Rearden despises Francisco as a worthless profligate who does not know how to deserve the great gift of inherited wealth. He tells Lillian to "keep that man away from me." But Francisco has come for the specific purpose of meeting Rearden, and it is only a matter of time until he corners him. First, though, Francisco circulates, and as Lillian's friends spout out their inanities, he glibly refutes them. When Francisco does meet Rearden, their talk is pregnant. Francisco asks why Rearden is willing to support those who are helpless, who never show their gratitude towards him, and who, in fact, openly denounce him as an evil exploiter. He leaves this an open question. Rearden at this point of the story is aware that there is something wrong with the world, but does not know what, while Francisco does know. In this, their first meeting, Francisco tries to place in Rearden's mind the seeds of understanding. The reader is in the same position as Rearden, and the scene is meant to do the same for the reader, preparing us for the explicit revelation of Galt's Speech.
- As the scene reaches a climax, Dagny is leaving the party before she loses her composure. What she has slowly come to realize is that she came to the party hoping to make Rearden aware of her as a woman, not just a business partner. She is distraught when Rearden responds to her with indifference, and upset when Francisco is the only one who sees her as an object of sexual desire. She has also been pushed to the edge by the inane ramblings of Lillian's guests. As she walks out, she is pushed over the edge when she hears Mort Liddy's bastardized treatment of her favorite song, Halley's Fourth Concerto. At that moment, Dagny hears Lillian denigrating the bracelet of Rearden Metal that she has been wearing all night as a joke. Lillian jokes that it is supposed to be priceless because it is the first thing ever made from Rearden Metal, but she would gladly exchange it for a common diamond bracelet any time. In an act of supreme audacity, Dagny removes her diamond bracelet and offers it in exchange. Lillian is taken aback but accepts the trade. Hank Rearden is furious at Dagny's gall. This scene symbolized Rand's theory of sex that will be elucidated in the next section.
- The following Places in Atlas Shrugged are used as settings in this section:
- Rearden's home in Philadelphia.
- The following Characters in Atlas Shrugged appear in this section:
- Balph Eubank
- Bertram Scudder
- Betty Pope
- Businessman 1
- Claude Slagenhop
- Dagny Taggart
- Gwen Ives
- Hank Rearden
- Hugh Akston
- James Taggart
- John Galt - legend mentioned
- Lillian Rearden
- Mort Liddy
- Mrs. Whitcomb
- Newspaperman 1
- Philip Rearden
- Ragnar Danneskjold
- Simon Pritchett
- Spinster
- Wesley Mouch - mentioned
Section 162: Part 1, Chapter 6, Section 2
- Plot summary
- After the anniversary party, late in the evening, Hank Rearden enters his wife's bedroom in order to have sex with her. He does this reluctantly - he wishes he did not have these feelings, but he cannot resist the urge. Lillian accedes perfunctorily, and starts talking about the party, because talking is what people are supposed to do before making love. As she jabbers, Rearden wonders why she married him, and recalls the details of their courtship and early marriage. He thinks about how unfulfilling his sex with Lillian has been, and how his marriage has been a torture. By the time she is done talking, Rearden has lost his desire and returns to his own room. It is his first glimpse of the premise, from Rand's sexual theory, that one's sexual desires are an expression of one's values.
- The following Places in Atlas Shrugged are used as settings in this section:
- Lillian Rearden's bedroom.
- The following Characters in Atlas Shrugged appear in this section:
- Hank Rearden
- Lillian Rearden
- Balph Eubank - mentioned
- Bertram Scudder - mentioned
- Dagny Taggart - mentioned
- Francisco d'Anconia - mentioned
- Mrs. Weston - mentioned
- Simon Pritchett - mentioned
- Simons - mentioned
CHAPTER SEVEN: THE EXPLOITERS AND THE EXPLOITED
Section 171: Part 1, Chapter 7, Section 1
- Plot summary:
- Dagny Taggart visits the construction site of the Rio Norte Line near the Wyatt oil fields. Construction is being supervised by Ben Nealy, who is incompetent but the best contractor Dagny could find. She meets Ellis Wyatt who indicates he now knows what she is, and that he respects her. Hank Rearden is also on hand, designing a Rearden Metal bridge to show off his new metal. The two get along as they always had, as if the party had never happened.
- Rearden mentions he is flying back east, and Dagny asks if she can go back with him. He tells her no, because he is flying to Minnesota before heading to New York. Later at the airfield, Dagny discovers Rearden was lying -- that he did fly straight to New York. Dagny has no clue why Rearden would flat out lie to her.
- The following Places in Atlas Shrugged are used as settings in this section:
- Laying of the new Rio Norte Line track near the Wyatt oil fields in Colorado.
- The following Characters in Atlas Shrugged appear in this section:
- Airport attendant 1
- Ben Nealy
- Chief Engineer 2
- Dagny Taggart
- Ellis Wyatt
- Hank Rearden
- Francisco d'Anconia - mentioned
- Dick McNamara - mentioned.
- Mr. Coleman - mentioned.
- Mr. Mowen
- Nat Taggart's son - mentioned.
- Orren Boyle - mentioned
Section 172: Part 1, Chapter 7, Section 2
- Plot summary:
- Jim tries to trap Dagny into appearing on a radio program to debate Bertram Scudder by promising she'd be there. When she discovers that the topic is 'Is Rearden Metal a lethal product of greed?' she bails out of the car, considering such a ridiculous question to be non-debatable.
- She visits a diner in a slum area and hears more myths about John Galt, including one that he found the Fountain of Youth, but never came back because he couldn't bring it back.
- The following Places in Atlas Shrugged are used as settings in this section:
- New York City streets
- A Diner in a run-down section of New York City.
- The following Characters in Atlas Shrugged appear in this section:
- Bertram Scudder - mentioned
- Dagny Taggart
- Jim Taggart
- Various people in the diner
- John Galt - legend mentioned
Section 173: Part 1, Chapter 7, Section 3
- Plot summary:
- Dr. Potter tries to convince Rearden to take his metal off the market, because it will make the State Science Institute, a government research facility, look bad for its failure to produce any serious new developments in metallurgy over the past few years. Rearden refuses, even after Dr. Potter tries to bribe him into selling all rights to the metal to the government.
- The following Places in Atlas Shrugged are used as settings in this section:
- Rearden's Office at Rearden Steel in Pennsylvania.
- The following Characters in Atlas Shrugged appear in this section:
- Dr. Potter
- Hank Rearden
Section 174: Part 1, Chapter 7, Section 4
- Plot summary:
- Eddie Willers informs Dagny that the State Science Institute has released a sham condemnation of Rearden Metal that has no actual facts as to any problems with the metal, but essentually an innuendo of doubt as to whether it is safe or not.
- Dagny visits the Institute to try to find out why the statement was made. The Director of the Institute, Dr. Robert Stadler, refuses to denounce the statement, which was made without his knowledge or consent, even though he knows it to be untrue, because to denounce the statement would destroy the institute, which is all he cares about.
- Dr. Stadler doesn't really have any concern as to how people are going to think about the false statement his institute has made, because he has essentially lost faith in humanity. He notes when he was at the Patrick Henry University he had three star pupils: Francisco d'Anconia who become a worthless playboy; Ragnar Danneskjöld who become a pirate; and a third very promising student who went nowhere.
- The following Places in Atlas Shrugged are used as settings in this section:
- Dagny's Office at Taggart Transcontinental in New York City
- Dr. Stadler's Office at the State Science Institute in New Hampshire.
- The following Characters in Atlas Shrugged appear in this section:
- Dagny Taggart
- Eddie Willers
- Dr. Robert Stadler
- Francisco d'Anconia - mentioned
- Ragnar Danneskjöld - mentioned
Section 175: Part 1, Chapter 7, Section 5
- Plot summary:
- When Taggart Transcontinental becomes unable to finish the construction of the Rio Norte line, but is also in the precarious position if they don't finish it the railroad will collapse, Jim Taggart develops a strange case of flu and runs off to the mansion on the old Taggart Estate. Dagny delivers an ultimatum: she will finish the Rio Norte Line herself, on her own terms, without help from the railroad. She also demands Eddie Willers be appointed Vice President of Operations in her absence (but it will actually still be her running the company, just nobody will admit it.) In deciding what to call the new railroad she will operate, when suggesting her own name, Jim feels that her using her own name will suggest there is a connection between the two companies. (Which everyone will know but nobody will admit.) Flippantly, she suggests calling the line The John Galt line, and decides to use that name.
- The following Places in Atlas Shrugged are used as settings in this section:
- The Taggart Estate on the Hudson River.
- The following Characters in Atlas Shrugged appear in this section:
- Dagny Taggart
- Jim Taggart
- Eddie Willers - mentioned
Section 176: Part 1, Chapter 7, Section 6
- Plot summary:
- Dagny spends time selling bonds to finance the construction of the John Galt Line. Francisco d'Anconia refuses to buy them for reasons he cannot say. He is shocked when he finds out the name of the railroad, because she did it for the effect, that it represents "the hopeless" and suggests that if it is that way, let John Galt come and claim his line. Francisco's response is, "He will."
- Dagny visits Rearden to place the "first official order" for steel rails for the John Galt Line. Noticing that others from Colorado and other places have put up their own money to have the line built, Hank Rearden makes an unsolicited offer to buy the largest block of bonds, not because he's offering her charity, but because he knows he will make a big profit off her work.
- The following Places in Atlas Shrugged are used as settings in this section:
- The John Galt Line office in New York City.
- Rearden's Office at Rearden Steel in Pennsylvania.
- The following Characters in Atlas Shrugged appear in this section:
- Dagny Taggart
- Francisco d'Anconia
- Hank Rearden
Section 177: Part 1, Chapter 7, Section 7
- Plot summary:
- Rearden's mother - against Rearden's wishes that they not visit the mills without asking him first - comes to see him and wants Rearden to give his brother Phillip a job in the steel mill. Rearden refuses because Phillip can't do the work. His mother tries to manipulate Rearden by saying he only thinks of justice and has no love. Rearden responds, "Mother, I'm running a steel plant--not a whorehouse."
- The following Places in Atlas Shrugged are used as settings in this section:
- The mill floor at Rearden Steel in Pennsylvania.
- The following Characters in Atlas Shrugged appear in this section:
- Phillip Rearden - Mentioned
- Lillian Rearden
- Hank Rearden
Section 177: Part 1, Chapter 7, Section 8
- Plot summary:
- The Legislature passes the Equalization of Opportunity bill, which will make Rearden unable to operate the other businesses he has as part of his operation. Privately, he feels as if a part of his body has been cut out from under him. In thinking about this he realizes a revelation about a new type of bridge development; he calls Dagny to tell her about it.
- The following Places in Atlas Shrugged are used as settings in this section:
- Rearden's Office at the steel mill in Pennsylvania.
- The following Characters in Atlas Shrugged appear in this section:
- Dagny Taggart
- Hank Rearden
- Mr. Ward
- Rearden's Secretary Gwen
- Wesley Mouch - Mentioned
CHAPTER EIGHT:THE JOHN GALT LINE
Section 181: Part 1, Chapter 8, Section 1
- Plot summary:
- Eddie is ashamed to see The Worker whom he's known for years, because for the moment, Eddie is Vice President of Operations of Taggart Transcontinental while Dagny is building the John Galt Line, and while it would be an honor for him to be a stooge for her, in some undefined way he feels he is a (greasy) stooge for Jim Taggart.
- Eddie tells The Worker how Dwight Sanders has taken over the bankrupt United Locomotive Works so they should soon be receiving new Diesel locomotives.
- The following Places in Atlas Shrugged are used as settings in this section:
- Employee Cafeteria of Taggart Transcontinental in New York City
- The following Characters in Atlas Shrugged appear in this section:
- Eddie Willers
- The Worker
- Dwight Sanders - mentioned
Section 182: Part 1, Chapter 8, Section 2
- Plot summary:
- Dagny, dead tired after an endless workday at John Galt, Inc., sees a shadow indicating some person is thinking of walking into her office. The sight reminds her of what she wishes she could find: someone she could love, a strong man who would bring out the best in her. The person who is about to enter the office stops at the door, then changes their mind and walks away. Dagny runs out but no one is there; all she can see is the empty street and the entrance to the Taggart Transcontinental Building's train tunnels.
- The following Places in Atlas Shrugged are used as settings in this section:
- Offices of The John Galt Line in New York City.
- The following Characters in Atlas Shrugged appear in this section:
- Dagny Taggart
- Shadow Man
Section 183: Part 1, Chapter 8, Section 3
- Plot summary:
- Rearden, required to do so because of the Equalization of Opportunity Law, sells his iron ore mines to Philip Larkin, and hates it for having to do so because he sees Larkin as unworthy.
- When Rearden sells his coal mines to Ken Dannager, it's almost painless, because he respects Dannager.
- Eddie Willers comes to see Rearden at the Wayne-Falkland Hotel in New York. Rearden, in his blue "HR" bathrobe, recognizes that Taggart Transcontinental is in trouble because of his Metal, and agrees to give the railroad a six month delay in paying its bills. Rearden really can't spend the money he's gotten from selling his unrelated businesses so this is a way he can help them in their fight against the looters.
- The following Places in Atlas Shrugged are used as settings in this section:
- Rearden's Office at Rearden Steel in Pennsylvania
- Ken Dannager's Office at Dannager Coal Company in Pennsylvania
- Rearden's hotel room in the Wayne-Falkland Hotel in New York City.
- The following Characters in Atlas Shrugged appear in this section:
- Hank Rearden
- Philip Larkin
- Ken Dannager
- Eddie Willers
- Jim Taggart - mentioned
Section 184: Part 1, Chapter 8, Section 4
- Plot summary:
- Public Opinion - without any evidence or proof - is that the Rearden Metal rail of the John Galt line will break or fail, and that the Rearden Metal bridge will collapse. Jim Taggart informs Dagny he's afraid of public opinion. Dagny tells him how their ancestor, Nat Taggart, only envied one of his competitors, who said, "The public be damned!" because he wished he had said it.
- A delegate of the Union of Railroad Engineers tries to blackmail Dagny by saying they won't allow her to run trains on the John Galt Line, whereupon she orders him out of her office. He changes his tone when she refuses to acceed to his blackmail. She states she won't make anyone work on the train, she will ask for volunteers.
- In putting out a request for volunteers, Eddie Willers informs Dagny that with the exception of three men who are unreachable, every single engineer on Taggart Transcontinental volunteered to drive the first train on the John Galt Line.
- Dagny announces casually to a packed audience of railroad engineers that she will also be aboard that first train, but her casual attitude fools no one, they all expected her to go.
- The following Places in Atlas Shrugged are used as settings in this section:
- Jim Taggart's Office at Taggart Transcontinental in New York City
- Offices of the John Galt Line in New York City
- Eddie Willer's Office at Taggart Transcontinental in New York City
- The following Characters in Atlas Shrugged appear in this section:
- Dagny Taggart
- James Taggart
- Eddie Willers
- Union Shop Steward
- Room full of train engineers
Section 185: Part 1, Chapter 8, Section 5
- Plot summary:
- Dagny Holds a press conference to announce the opening of the John Galt Line and welcomes the press to be in Cheyenne, Wyoming for the first train, which will not be a passenger special with celebrities and politicians, but a freight express, running at an average speed of 100MPH. She also announces she will be aboard the train.
- Hank Rearden is present at the press conference, and announces that he, too, will ride the first train of The John Galt Line.
- The following Places in Atlas Shrugged are used as settings in this section:
- Offices of the John Galt Line in New York City
- The following Characters in Atlas Shrugged appear in this section:
- Dagny Taggart
- Several Reporters
- Hank Rearden
Section 186: Part 1, Chapter 8, Section 6
- Plot summary:
- Item.
- The following Places in Atlas Shrugged are used as settings in this section:
- Item.
- The following Characters in Atlas Shrugged appear in this section:
- Name
CHAPTER NINE:THE SACRED AND THE PROFANE
Section 191: Part 1, Chapter 9, Section 1
- Plot summary:
- Item.
- The following Places in Atlas Shrugged are used as settings in this section:
- Item.
- The following Characters in Atlas Shrugged appear in this section:
- Name
CHAPTER TEN:WYATT'S TORCH
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| SEPAB | English | Section of Experimental Psychology and Animal Behaviour of the IUBS | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: SectionSynonyms: department (n), division (n), incision (n), part (n), plane section (n), subdivision (n), surgical incision (n), segment (v). (additional references) |
| Synonym by domain: cut-in (electrical engineering, physics). |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Book | Chapter, section, head, article, paragraph, passage, clause; endpapers, frontispiece; cover, binding. |
Class | Noun: class, division, category, categorema, head, order, section; department, subdepartment, province, domain. |
Combatant | Army, corps d'armee, host, division, battalia, column, wing, detachment, garrison, flying column, brigade, regiment, corps, battalion, sotnia, squadron, company, platoon, battery, subdivision, section, squad; piquet, picket, guard, rank, file; legion, phalanx, cohort; cloud of skirmishers. |
Disjunction | Division, subdivision, rupture; dismemberment, dislocation; luxation; severance, disseverance; scission; rescission, abscission; laceration, dilaceration; disruption, abruption; avulsion, divulsion; section, resection, cleavage; fission; partibility, separability. |
Government | President, vice president, cabinet member, prime minister, minister; senator, representatative, president pro tem, speaker of the house; department head, section head, section chief; federal judge, justice, justice of the supreme court, chief justice; treasurer, secretary of the treasury; director of the FBI. |
Part | Noun: part, portion; dose; item, particular; aught, any; division, ward; subdivision, section; chapter, clause, count, paragraph, verse; article, passage; sector, segment; fraction, fragment; cantle, frustum; detachment, parcel. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Excuse me, officers, but I hate to ask a law enforcement official to bend the rules, especially for Penal Code 117, Section 33b, but our house is at stake (The Brady Bunch Movie; writing credit: Betty Thomas, written by Laurice Elehwany, Rick Copp, Bonnie Turner and Terry Turner) This is supposed to be a Jewish section. (Life of Brian; writing credit: Graham Chapman; John Cleese) Uh, no, this is the sports section. (The Dead Zone; writing credit: Aleksandar Djordjevic) I work on the 19th floor - Ordinary Policy department - Premium Accounting division - Section W - desk number 861. (The Apartment; writing credit: Billy Wilder ; I.A.L. Diamond) Captain Black, I thought all Dark Hand matters had been reassigned to Section 12 (Jackie Chan Adventures; writing credit: Christoph Busch; Uwe Johnson) | |
Lyrics | But trust me, if we ever show in your section ("Men in Black"; performing artist: Will Smith) | |
Clever | Live for Jesus now and spend the rest of eternity in the non-smoking section. (references; author: unknown) Isn't having a smoking section in a restaurant like having a peeing section in a swimming pool? (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Scenes From Under Childhood Section #4 (1970) La Section Anderson (1967) Battalion Intelligence Section (1957) Section des disparus (1956) Coil Winding Section E (1904) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | (a) cross-section of infiltrating ductal carcinoma of the breast with blood vessels at the periphery of tumor. Magnification x100. (b) cross-section of infiltrating ductal carcinoma of the breast with vessels at the periphery of tumor. Magnification x200. (c) cross section of infiltrating ductal carcinoma of the breast with a small foci of breast cancer cells in which cd34 antibody has stained blood vessels and basement membrane. Magnification x100. (d) cross-section of infiltrating ductal carcinoma of breast shows intense blood vessel proliferation in stromal tissue adjacent to the malignant tissue. Magnification x200. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |  | Histological section showing cervical cancer specifically squamous cell carcinoma in the cervix. Tissue is stained with pap stain and magnified x200. Credit: Unknown photographer. |
 | Yangtze River, Three Gorges section. Credit: CDC. |  | Histopathologic changes seen in a section of cervical spinal cord affected by poliomyelitis, using H&E stain. Credit: CDC. |
 | "2D Cross Section of a 5-Brane" (movie) by Bob Rutkiewicz. From Physics String Theory/M-Theory, a 5-brane equation that has the same number of holes as the full 10-brane. Use DPGraph's Scrollbar to vary A or B. |  | Supersonic Wind Tunnel Test Section. Credit: NASA. |
 | Test Section of High Speed Tunnel. Credit: NASA. |  | A bad section of road Ford 1 and 1/2 ton truck Level party of Charles Pierce. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Section of mosaic of photos along Atlantic shore Cooperative project with Army Air Service C. G. Quillian was C&GS officer in charge of running project. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | "A Section of the City of Aberdeen" along the Chehalis River. In: "Puget Sound and Western Washington Cities-Towns Scenery", by Robert A. Reid, Robert A. Reid Publisher, Seattle, 1912. P. 153. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Newspaper / money section 2" by Bobbie Osborne Commentary: "Upload: 2003-08-26." | "Rails" by Roger Mexico Commentary: "Section shot of railroad tracks in afternoon daylight." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Play | Caption | Play | Caption |
 | A muted-muted trumpet melody with a funky rhythm section. | | A montuno style rhythm section. |
| High keyboard glissando over a groove backbeat synthesized rhythm section. | | An early avant-garde jazz style saxophone with a modern jazz style rhythm section. |
| A Latin jazz style rhythm section playing in a Bossa Nova style. | | Keyboard glissando over a Caribbean-influenced melody and rhythm section. |
| Double-time rhythm section with slow and sustained synthesized melody. | | Call and response influenced interaction between rhythm section and tenor saxophone. |
| A synthesized string and brass section playing a short commercial cue. | | Quick Latin- or Brazilian-influenced rhythm section featuring an alto saxophone solo. |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Author | Date | Quotation |
US Constitution | 1791 | Clause 8: Before he enter on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation:--"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States." Section. (reference) |
Amendment to US Constitution | 1795-2002 | In addition, a portion of the 12th amendment was superseded by section 3. (reference) |
Marbury v. Madison | 1803 | The subsequent part of the section is mere surplusage, is entirely without meaning, if such is to be the construction. (reference) |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | One section of the French Legitimists and "Young England" exhibited this spectacle. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | The result will be determined by the majority of votes cast in the whole of this section. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | The willows of a stream lined across the west, and to the northwest a fallow section was going back to sparse brush |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | Provision is likewise requisite for the reimbursement of the loan which has been made of the Bank of the United States, pursuant to the eleventh section of the act by which it is incorporated. |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | Coming from every section of our country, they bring with them the sentiments and the information of the whole, and will be enabled to give a direction to the public affairs which the will and the wisdom of the whole will approve and support. |
John Quincy Adams | 1825-1829 | Its object was to balance the burdens upon native industry imposed by the operation of foreign laws, but not to aggravate the burdens of one section of the Union by the relief afforded to another. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | By attempting to gratify their desires we have in the results of our legislation arrayed section against section, interest against interest, and man against man, in a fearful commotion which threatens to shake the foundations of our Union. |
James K. Polk | 1845-1849 | Nor does there seem to be any material difference of opinion as to the absence of right in the Government to tax one section of country, or one class of citizens, or one occupation, for the mere profit of another. |
Franklin Pierce | 1853-1857 | Let the period be remembered as an admonition, and not as an encouragement, in any section of the Union, to make experiments where experiments are fraught with such fearful hazard. |
Abraham Lincoln | 1861-1865 | One section of our country believes slavery is 'right' and ought to be extended, while the other believes it is 'wrong' and ought not to be extended. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Section" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.90% of the time. "Section" is used about 18,516 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.9% | 18,497 | 501 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.09% | 16 | 87,710 |
| Total | 100.00% | 18,516 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "section" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Section | Last name | 170 | 54,338 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
1. Section, AL (town, FIPS 69000) |
Expressions using "section": advance section ♦ aerofoil section ♦ air movement section ♦ air movement traffic section ♦ air transport liaison section ♦ body section device ♦ body section radiography ♦ brass section ♦ business section ♦ caesarean section ♦ caesarian section ♦ center section ♦ center wing section ♦ centre section ♦ Cesarean Section ♦ cesarian section ♦ cheer section ♦ Chevy Chase Section Five ♦ Chevy Chase Section Three ♦ chord of aerofoil section ♦ clarinet section ♦ compulsory section ♦ conic section ♦ control section ♦ critical section ♦ cross section ♦ cross section analysis ♦ data section ♦ deformable end section ♦ digital section boundaries ♦ directory entry section ♦ earthen section ♦ emergency section ♦ flared section ♦ forward section ♦ free section ♦ global section ♦ golden section ♦ ground liaison section ♦ horizontal section ♦ impeller front section ♦ Indian Hills Cherokee Section ♦ joiner section ♦ leaver section ♦ light section ♦ lined section ♦ local section ♦ longitudinal section ♦ main section ♦ marked section ♦ marked section end ♦ meridional section through a channel ♦ middle section ♦ nose section ♦ nuclear cross section ♦ operations section ♦ plane section ♦ polished section ♦ postal section ♦ principal section ♦ prismatic section ♦ quarter section ♦ radar cross section area ♦ reed section ♦ regulated line section ♦ rhythm section ♦ rolled section ♦ roto section ♦ runout section ♦ section control segment ♦ section dome ♦ section dome feature ♦ section Eight ♦ section gang ♦ section hand ♦ section leader ♦ section liner ♦ section man ♦ section manager ♦ section mark ♦ section mill ♦ section modulus ♦ section of government estimates ♦ section of the people ♦ section off ♦ section warping ♦ slotted measuring section ♦ smoking section ♦ spillway section ♦ sports section ♦ stratigraphic section ♦ string section ♦ swept section dome ♦ Thin section ♦ transforming section ♦ transversal section ♦ transverse section ♦ trapezoidal section ♦ trumpet section ♦ vertical section ♦ violin section. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "section": section-by-section, Section-cc, section-house, section-hunting, section-making, section-strength, section-to-surface. | |
Ending with "section": l-section, mid-section, multiple-section, single-section, sub-section, thin-section, three-section, t-section. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "section"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | vak (branch, compartment, department, pigeonhole, speciality), afdeling (branch, compartment, department, detachment, pigeonhole, speciality). (various references) | |
Albanian | skuadër (crew, gang, navy, party, squad, Square, team), sektor (department, division, quadrant, sector, segment, stage, unit), seksion (department), zonë (area, belt, electorate, field, pale, precinct, range, region, zone), rajon (area, circumference, diggings, district, region, sheading, shedding, zone), pres (amputate, anticipate, await, be asking for, be expecting, be on the watch, be waiting, bide, buck, chop |