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A cross section in soil is called a soil profile. It shows the different layers of soil and their characteristics from the surface down to the bedrock.
The Stations of the Cross are usually a series of pictures or statues. They can use any artisitic medium.
An object with the same cross-section for its whole length is called a prism.
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A circle in a solid is called a cross-section.
A cross section, I believe
The force on an object divided by its cross section is called stress or pressure or pounds per square inch.
A cylinder has a circular cross section that is parallel to its base.
A Cross-Section of the Earth
Ellipse * * * * * At right angles to the length, it would be a circle. Along the length it would be a rectangle. Only a diagonal cross section would be an ellipse.
Your answer is a cross-section. . It is called a cross-section when something has been cut through the middle and you can look inside.
Yair Mundlak has written: 'On the pooling of time series and cross section data'