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τμήμα — meaning in English

tmima

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English meaning

  • area noun The size of a surface, measured in square units.
  • department noun A distinct section of an organisation, business, or government responsible for a particular area of work.
  • part noun A piece or portion of something larger.
  • partition noun A wall or screen that divides a room or space into separate sections.
  • segment noun One of the parts something is divided into.
  • ward noun A section of a hospital where patients with similar needs are cared for.

Senses

τμήμα is used for these senses in English:

  • area Any particular extent of surface, especially an empty or unused extent.
  • department A subdivision of an organization.
  • part A fraction of a whole.
  • partition (set theory) A collection of non-empty, disjoint subsets of a set whose union is the set itself (i.e. all elements of the set are contained in exactly one of the subsets).
  • segment A length of some object.
  • segment (mathematics) A portion.
  • ward A part of a hospital, with beds, where patients reside.

area — full definition

  1. noun The size of a surface, measured in square units.
  2. noun A particular region, part of a place, or scope of activity.

department — full definition

  1. noun A distinct section of an organisation, business, or government responsible for a particular area of work.
  2. noun A particular area of responsibility, skill, or interest (often used loosely).
  3. noun One of the administrative regions into which France is divided.

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