What is the meaning of cross section?

noun

  • A section created by a plane cutting a solid perpendicular to its longest axis.
  • A sample meant to be representative of a whole population.
  • Physics) the probability that a particular interaction (as capture or ionization) will take place between particles; measured in barns. (.
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