described in the previous section vs described in previous section

Both phrases are almost correct, but the first one is more accurate. The correct phrase is 'described in the previous section' because 'the' is needed before 'previous section' to make it grammatically correct.

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described in the previous section

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to refer to something that was explained or mentioned in the section that came before the current one.

Examples:

The concept is further described in the previous section of the report.
As described in the previous section, the main findings were inconclusive.

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Examples from the web: The test variables described in the previous section are informative but are perhaps difficult to generalize because of the specific nature ...
Feb 10, 2011 ... You can select elements in the way described in the previous section "Select". See the previous section for details on how to select elements.
The user context described in the previous section is not the state of the CPU as the kernel runs, but the state of the CPU at the time the trap occured, while the ...
When you open a fixed-length text file as described in the previous section, NAMECHOP assumes the file contains records with fixed-length fields. That is, every ...

described in previous section

This phrase is incorrect because it is missing the article 'the' before 'previous section'.

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Since the animations of the accessories can be exported as described in previous section, you can use the accessories from the Reallusion Monster Workshop ...
Sep 27, 2011 ... Change the password (as described in previous section). Edit the pg_hba.conf ( host based access) file and change trust back to md5 and ...
When the -int option is not specified, NuSMV runs as a batch program, in the style of SMV , performing (some of) the steps described in previous section in a ...
When the -int option is not specified, NuSMV runs as a batch program, in the style of SMV , performing (some of) the steps described in previous section in a ...

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described in the previous section vs described in previous section