Cross section (geometry) facts for kids

A 3-D view of a beverage-can stove with a cross section in yellow

A cross section is what one gets if one cuts an object into slices.

In geometry the correct definition of cross section is: the intersection of a body in 2-dimensional space with a line, or of a body in 3-dimensional space with a plane.

A cross section, or section is also an orthographic projection of a 3-dimensional object from the position of a plane through the object. A floor plan is a section viewed from the top.

Other pages

• Orthographic projection
• Plans (drawings)

Images for kids

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  A cross-section view of a compression seal

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  Pinus taeda cross-section showing annual rings, Cheraw, South Carolina.

See also

In Spanish: Sección (geometría) para niños