sector — English Dictionary

sector
Pronunciations (7)
  • /ˈsɛk.təɹ/
    Pronunciation notes
    • US
  • /ˈsɛk.tɚ/
    Pronunciation notes
    • Ireland
  • /ˈsɛk.tɐ/
    Pronunciation notes
    • Ireland
  • /ˈsɛktə(r)/
    Pronunciation notes
    • South-Asia
  • /sɛk.tɔ(r)/
    Pronunciation notes
    • South-Asia
  • /sɛk.tɑ(r)/
    Pronunciation notes
    • South-Asia
  • ˈsɛk.təɹ
    Pronunciation notes
    • US

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.

    Synonyms
  3. A zone; a designated area. An area designated by boundaries within which a unit operates, and for which it is responsible.

  4. A zone; a designated area. One of the subdivisions of a coastal frontier.

  5. A zone; a designated area. a fictional region of space designated for navigational or governance purposes.

  6. A zone; a designated area. A community or subculture within the wider intermicronational community.

    Examples
    More examples (5)

    Shireroth shall not recognize the use of Sectors^([sic]) as a micronational geographic or cultural subdivision. Nor shall it reside in any sector. Nor shall any duchy or territory be considered a part of ANY sector unless the Duchy or Territory expressly grants permision^([sic]) to be considered in such sector.

    I'll also provide a list of all active citizens, I understand that in the past this has been hard due to lack of updates of the necessary links but as someone said not so long ago the CIS sector is in more of a flux than other sectors - bar Lovely 😉

    What are your opinions about this practice? Does it have a parallel outside the lusophone sector? Do you know of other stories other than YUGA? Does this mean micronationalism is changing? Is it good, bad, or irrelevant?

    Very interesting read. Love it, and very inspiring. I hope this will be good for nations. I am planning in a thing like this for the MicroWiki sector, and MicroWikia sector, so this is a good model.

    This is not a sector where micronations come together, it is a cesspool where the most toxic elements of micronationalism gather to engage in drama. I plan on having much stricter rules than this sector and several people to report abuse or immature activity to, rather than just the shoddy rules and rule enforcement and one semi-active admin here.

  7. Part of a circle, extending to the center; circular sector.

  8. A portion of a sphere or ball defined by a conical boundary with apex at the center of the sphere.

  9. A fixed-sized unit (traditionally 512 bytes) of sequential data stored on a track of a digital medium.

  10. An instrument consisting of two rulers of equal length joined by a hinge.

  11. A field of economic activity.

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    Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic who still resists the idea that something drastic needs to happen for him to turn his life around. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. When a series of bank failures made this impossible, there was widespread anger, leading to the public humiliation of symbolic figures.

    public sector; private sector

  12. A toothed gear whose face is the arc of a circle.

  13. A fixed, continuous section of the track, such that sectors do not overlap but all sectors make up the whole track.

  14. An area of a crag, consisting of various routes

Noun

  1. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle

  2. a social group that forms part of the society or the economy

    Broader terms
    Examples

    the public sector

  3. a particular aspect of life or activity

    Synonyms
    Broader terms
    Examples

    he was helpless in an important sector of his life

  4. the minimum track length that can be assigned to store information; unless otherwise specified a sector of data consists of 512 bytes

  5. a portion of a military position

  6. measuring instrument consisting of two graduated arms hinged at one end

Word forms
sectors

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