Z section in English

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      "form": "Z sections",
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          "ref": "1958 April 2, “Diesel Railbus for British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 276:",
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        "A length of steel or aluminium with a Z-shaped cross-section."
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        [
          "Z-shaped",
          "Z-shaped"
        ],
        [
          "cross-section",
          "cross-section"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "zed section"
        },
        {
          "word": "zee section"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Z section"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Z sections",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "Z section (plural Z sections)",
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    }
  ],
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        }
      ],
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        "A length of steel or aluminium with a Z-shaped cross-section."
      ],
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        [
          "length",
          "length"
        ],
        [
          "steel",
          "steel"
        ],
        [
          "aluminium",
          "aluminium"
        ],
        [
          "Z-shaped",
          "Z-shaped"
        ],
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          "cross-section",
          "cross-section"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "zed section"
        },
        {
          "word": "zee section"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Z section"
}

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"Z section" meaning in English

Noun

Inflected forms