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切片 (せっぺん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

切せっ片ぺん

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っ

ぺ

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Meanings

1

segment; slice; section; fragment

General term for a cut-off piece or a part of something, often used in scientific or technical contexts.

顕けん微び鏡きょうで組そ織しきの切

Kanji

切cut, cutoff, be sharp
片one-sided, leaf, sheet

Word family

横おう断だん切せっ片ぺん
transverse section; cross section

Etymology

From 切 (cut) + 片 (piece, fragment). The mathematical sense is a calque from English 'intercept'.

せっ

片ぺん

を

観かん

察さつ

する

。

Observe a tissue section under a microscope.

このグラフの切せっ片ぺんは原げん点てんを通とおらない。

The intercept of this graph does not pass through the origin.

2

Mathematical term for the point where a line or curve crosses an axis.

y切せっ片ぺんが3の直ちょく線せんの式しきを求もとめなさい。
Find the equation of the line whose y-intercept is 3.