noun
Meaning 1
A section.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
sector
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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US: sĕk'tər
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US: /ˈsɛk.təɹ/
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Ireland: /ˈsɛk.tɚ/
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Ireland: /ˈsɛk.tɐ/
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South-Asia: /ˈsɛktə(r)/
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South-Asia: /sɛk.tɔ(r)/
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South-Asia: /sɛk.tɑ(r)/ father-bother merger
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rhymes with -ɛktə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: S EH1 K T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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Synonyms: leg
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noun
Meaning 3
A zone; a designated area.
An area designated by boundaries within which a unit operates, and for which it is responsible.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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noun
Meaning 4
A zone; a designated area.
One of the subdivisions of a coastal frontier.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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noun
Meaning 5
A zone; a designated area.
a fictional region of space designated for navigational or governance purposes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: literature, media, publishing, science-fiction
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noun
Meaning 6
A zone; a designated area.
A community or subculture within the wider intermicronational community.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 7
Part of a circle, extending to the center; circular sector.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
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noun
Meaning 8
A portion of a sphere or ball defined by a conical boundary with apex at the center of the sphere.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
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noun
Meaning 9
A fixed-sized unit (traditionally 512 bytes) of sequential data stored on a track of a digital medium.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computer-hardware, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
Meaning 10
An instrument consisting of two rulers of equal length joined by a hinge.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: calculation
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noun
Meaning 11
A field of economic activity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- public sector; private sector
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noun
Meaning 12
A toothed gear whose face is the arc of a circle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
Meaning 13
A fixed, continuous section of the track, such that sectors do not overlap but all sectors make up the whole track.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, motor-racing, racing, sports
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noun
Meaning 14
An area of a crag, consisting of various routes
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: climbing, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
Meaning 15
measuring instrument consisting of two graduated arms hinged at one end
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: measuring instrument, measuring system, measuring device
noun
Meaning 16
a particular aspect of life or activity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he was helpless in an important sector of his life
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sphere
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: aspect, facet
Narrower terms: department
noun
Meaning 17
a social group that forms part of the society or the economy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the public sector
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Broader terms: social group
Narrower terms: business, business sector, black economy
noun
Meaning 18
a portion of a military position
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: tract, piece of land, piece of ground, parcel of land, parcel
noun
Meaning 19
the minimum track length that can be assigned to store information; unless otherwise specified a sector of data consists of 512 bytes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: computer memory unit
noun
Meaning 20
a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: plane figure, two-dimensional figure
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin sector.
Across languages
Translations
81 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: قِطَاع (qiṭāʕ) — section
- Belarusian: се́ктар (sjéktar) — section
- Belarusian: сэ́ктар (séktar) — section
- Bulgarian: се́ктор (séktor) — section
- Catalan: sector — section
- Czech: sektor — section
- Finnish: lohko — section
- Finnish: sektori — section
- French: secteur — section
- Italian: settore — section
- Macedonian: сектор (sektor) — section
- Malay: seksyen — section
- Polish: sekcja — section
- Polish: sektor — section
- Portuguese: setor — section
- Russian: се́ктор (séktor) — section
- Sicilian: sitturi — section
- Spanish: sector — section
- Swahili: sekta — section
- Ukrainian: се́ктор (séktor) — section
- Bulgarian: уча́стък (učástǎk) — zone
- Catalan: sector — zone
- Esperanto: sektoro — zone
- Finnish: vyöhyke — zone
- Greek: τομέας (toméas) — zone
- Italian: settore — zone
- Lithuanian: sektorius — zone
- Portuguese: setor — zone
- Russian: зо́на (zóna) — zone
- Russian: о́бласть (óblastʹ) — zone
- Russian: се́ктор (séktor) — zone
- Russian: уча́сток (učástok) — zone
- Sicilian: sitturi — zone
- Spanish: sector — zone
- Ukrainian: се́ктор (séktor) — zone
- Arabic: قِطَاع (qiṭāʕ) — fixed-sized unit of sequential data storage
- Belarusian: се́ктар (sjéktar) — fixed-sized unit of sequential data storage
- Belarusian: сэ́ктар (séktar) — fixed-sized unit of sequential data storage
- Bulgarian: се́ктор (séktor) — fixed-sized unit of sequential data storage
- Chinese Mandarin: 扇區 /扇区 (shànqū) — fixed-sized unit of sequential data storage
- Czech: sektor — fixed-sized unit of sequential data storage
- Finnish: sektori — fixed-sized unit of sequential data storage
- German: Datenblock — fixed-sized unit of sequential data storage
- Greek: τομέας (toméas) — fixed-sized unit of sequential data storage
- Japanese: セクタ (sekuta) — fixed-sized unit of sequential data storage
- Korean: 섹터 (sekteo) — fixed-sized unit of sequential data storage
- Polish: sektor — fixed-sized unit of sequential data storage
- Russian: се́ктор (séktor) — fixed-sized unit of sequential data storage
- Swahili: sekta — fixed-sized unit of sequential data storage
- Ukrainian: се́ктор (séktor) — fixed-sized unit of sequential data storage
- Belarusian: се́ктар (sjéktar) — military operation area
- Belarusian: сэ́ктар (séktar) — military operation area
- Bulgarian: се́ктор (séktor) — military operation area
- Finnish: lohko — military operation area
- Finnish: vastuualue — military operation area
- Italian: settore — military operation area
- Malay: sektor — military operation area
- Russian: се́ктор (séktor) — military operation area
- Sicilian: sitturi — military operation area
- Swahili: sekta — military operation area
- Ukrainian: се́ктор (séktor) — military operation area
- Bulgarian: се́ктор (séktor) — a field of economic activity
- Catalan: sector — a field of economic activity
- Dutch: sector — a field of economic activity
- Finnish: sektori — a field of economic activity
- French: secteur — a field of economic activity
- Galician: sector — a field of economic activity
- Indonesian: sektor — a field of economic activity
- Italian: settore — a field of economic activity
- Malay: sektor — a field of economic activity
- Māori: rāngai — a field of economic activity
- Occitan: sector — a field of economic activity
- Portuguese: setor — a field of economic activity
- Sicilian: sitturi — a field of economic activity
- Spanish: sector — a field of economic activity
- Spanish: rubro — a field of economic activity
- Swahili: sekta — a field of economic activity
- Swedish: sektor — a field of economic activity
- Tajik: хоҷагӣ (xojagi) — a field of economic activity
- Ukrainian: се́ктор (séktor) — a field of economic activity
- Uzbek: xoʻjalik — a field of economic activity
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