English Explanatory Dictionary

sector

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A section.
  2. In the schedule for an aircraft and its crew, the period starting with preparation of the plane before loading at one airport and ending with deplaning at the next.
  3. A zone; a designated area.
  4. An area designated by boundaries within which a unit operates, and for which it is responsible.
  5. One of the subdivisions of a coastal frontier.
  6. a fictional region of space designated for navigational or governance purposes.
  7. A community or subculture within the wider intermicronational community.
  8. Part of a circle, extending to the center; circular sector.
  9. A portion of a sphere or ball defined by a conical boundary with apex at the center of the sphere.
  10. A fixed-sized unit (traditionally 512 bytes) of sequential data stored on a track of a digital medium.
  11. An instrument consisting of two rulers of equal length joined by a hinge.
  12. A field of economic activity.

Pronunciation

sĕk'tər /ˈsɛk.təɹ/ /ˈsɛk.tɚ/ /ˈsɛk.tɐ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sector.wav /ˈsɛktə(r)/ /sɛk.tɔ(r)/ /sɛk.tɑ(r)/

Word forms

sector sectors

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sector.

Synonyms

leg

Related words

sect section segment area of influence boot block zone of action

Derived words

boot sector circle sector cylinder-head-sector dark sector dip sector dipsector dual-sector model hard sector hyperbolic sector intersector light sector married sector minimum sector altitude multisector primary sector private-sector private sector public sector public-sector quaternary sector quaternary sector of the economy quinary sector secondary sector sectoral sectorectomy sectored sectoring sectorise sectorization sectorize sector principle soft sector state sector subsector supersector tertiary sector third sector weak sector zenith sector

Translations

Bulgarian: уча́стък Bulgarian: се́ктор Catalan: sector Esperanto: sektoro Finnish: vyöhyke Finnish: lohko Finnish: vastuualue Greek: τομέας Italian: settore Lithuanian: sektorius Portuguese: setor Russian: зо́на Russian: о́бласть Russian: се́ктор Russian: уча́сток Sicilian: sitturi Spanish: sector Ukrainian: се́ктор Belarusian: се́ктар Belarusian: сэ́ктар Malay: sektor Swahili: sekta
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