Meaning
- (verb) To cut, divide or separate into pieces.
- (verb) To reduce to the degree of thinness required for study with the microscope.
- (verb) To commit (a person, to a hospital, with or without their consent), as for mental health reasons. So called after various sections of legal acts regarding mental health.
- (verb) Medical To perform a cesarean section on (someone).
- (noun) A division into sections.
- (noun) (mental health) An instance of a person being sectioned.
Letter breakdown
- Sectioning contains 10 letters: 4 vowel(s) and 6 consonant(s).
- It uses 8 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 3.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 13.
Connected words
Other 10-letter words
- abandoning
- abbreviate
- abdicating
- abdication
- abductions
- aberration
- abhorrence
- abjuration
- abnegating
- abnegation
- abnormally
- abolishing
- abominable
- abominably
- abominated
- abominates
- aboriginal
- aborigines
Words starting with SEC
- sec
- secede
- seceded
- secedes
- seceding
- secession
- secessionist
- secessionists
- seclude
- secluded
- secludes
- secluding
- seclusion
- seclusive
- second
- secondaries
- secondarily
- secondary
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Words ending with ING
Words from these letters
- ingestion
- egoistic
- enticing
- nicotine
- noticing
- scenting
- coining
- congest
- consent
- consign
- consing
- costing
- ignites
- incites
- insigne
- intones
- nesting
- noising
- notices
- section
- stoning
- tensing
- tension
- cities
- citing
- cogent
- cosign
- cosine
- egoist
- ensign
- iciest
- icings
- ignite
- incest
- incing
- incise
- incite
- ingest
- ingots
- insect
- intone
- nicest
- nosing
- notice
- noting
- signet
- siting
- sonnet
- tennis
- tenons
- tieing
- tinges
- tocsin
- toeing
- tonics
- toning
- tonnes
- cents
- cites
Reader questions
What does Sectioning mean?
To cut, divide or separate into pieces.
How many letters are in Sectioning?
Sectioning has 10 letters.
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