Sectional \Sec"tion*al\, a.

1. Of or pertaining to a sections or distinct part of larger body or territory; local.

All sectional interests, or party feelings, it is hoped, will hereafter yield to schemes of ambition. --Story.

2. Consisting of sections, or capable of being divided into sections; as, a sectional steam boiler.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)