Sector

Noun



 * 1) section
 * 2) zone (designated area)
 * 3)  A part of a circle, extending to the center.
 * 4)  a fixed-sized unit (traditionally 512 bytes) of sequential data stored on a track of a digital medium (compare to block)
 * 5)  An area designated by boundaries within which a unit operates, and for which it is responsible.
 * 6)  One of the subdivisions of a coastal frontier.
 * 7)  a fictional region of space designated for navigational or governance purposes; for instance, Sector (Star Trek), List of Star Wars sectors

Derived terms

 * subsector
 * boot sector
 * private sector
 * public sector
 * state sector

Related terms

 * sect
 * section
 * segment

Thesaurus
adjunct, component, contingent, crescent, cross section, detachment, detail, district, division, dole, fraction, half circle, hemicycle, installment, item, parcel, part, particular, percentage, portion, precinct, quadrant, quarter, quota, random sample, remainder, sample, sampling, section, segment, semicircle, sextant, share, subdivision, subgroup, subspecies

Translations

 * Finnish:, sektori
 * French:
 * Italian:


 * Portuguese:
 * Swahili:


 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * Italian:


 * Lithuanian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:


 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * Italian:
 * Polish: wycinek
 * Portuguese:


 * Romanian: sector, sector de cerc
 * Russian: сектор
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: sektor, cirkelsektor


 * Czech:
 * Finnish: sektori
 * Polish:


 * Russian: сектор
 * Swahili:


 * Italian:


 * Swahili:

Anagrams

 * corset
 * coster
 * escort
 * rectos
 * scoter
 * scrote
 * Tresco

Noun

 * 1) One who cuts or cuts off, cutter.
 * 2) A purchaser or bidder at a sale of confiscated goods.

Descendants

 * English:
 * Italian: settore

Verb

 * 1) I follow continually, attend, accompany.
 * 2) I follow after, pursue, chase.

Etymology 1
From seco:.

Etymology 2
Frequentative from sequor:.

Noun

 * 1) section.
 * 2) zone.
 * 3) branch.