resection

1. To excise part or all of a tissue or organ.
2. To determine positions using compass bearings based on three or more known positions.
3. To estimate a camera projection matrix from known position data and image entities.
4. To redivide into new sections.
5. To transfer students into new class groupings or grade levels.
6. To deepen or widen a river or other natural watercourse for flood control, land drainage, or navigation.
7. To remove material from the surface of a road in order to achieve a uniform thickness.
8. To thinly slice a specimen as part of its preparation, such as when preparing a microscope slide.

He/she/it resections · Past resectioned · Past participle resectioned · -ing form resectioning