sector
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sec·tor
(sĕk'tər, -tôr') 
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To divide (something) into sectors.
n.
- Mathematics.
- The portion of a circle bounded by two radii and the included arc.
- A measuring instrument consisting of two graduated arms hinged together at one end.
- A division of a defensive position for which one military unit is responsible.
- A division of an offensive military position.
- A part or division, as of a city or a national economy: the manufacturing sector; the private sector.
- Computer Science. A portion of a magnetic storage device making up the smallest addressable unit of information.
To divide (something) into sectors.
[Late Latin, from Latin, cutter, from sectus, past participle of secāre, to cut.]
sectorial sec·to'ri·al (-tôr'ē-əl, -tōr'-) adj.
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The smallest unit of storage read or written on a disk. See magnetic disk.
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1. particular group of stocks, usually found in one industry. securities analysts often follow a particular sector of the stock market, such as airline or chemical stocks.
2. part of the economy, as in private sector or public sector.
3. division of a computer floppy disk.
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(DOD, NATO) 1. An area designated by boundaries within which a unit operates, and for which it is responsible. 2. One of the subdivisions of a coastal frontier. See also area of influence; zone of action.
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any portion of a circle bounded by two radii and the included arc.
—sectoral adj.
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categories related to 'sector'
- Memory and Data Storage - sector: one of contiguous portions of disk track, so divided for rapid and efficient data storage
- Economics and Economic Theory - sector: any of the elements that interact in process of supply and demand, namely consumers, businesses, governments, and foreign countries
- Fixed Positions and Points - sector: portion of circle bounded by two radii
- Order, Hierarchy, and Systems - sector: distinctive portion of larger system, esp. one bounded by specific lines
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Sector may refer to
Places
- Sector, Devon, a location in the county of Devon in south-western England
- Sector, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States of America
In computing
- Cylinder-head-sector (or "CHS"), an early method for giving addresses to each physical block of data on a hard drive
- Disk sector, a physical subdivision of space on a computer disk-storage medium, specifically a subdivision of a "track"
- in portal rendering, a convex polygonal segment of map-space used to facilitate calculation of the visibility of objects in a computer display
In mobile communications networks
- Sector antenna, to see the area spanned by an antenna on a mobile phone mast
Geographic subdivisions
Geometry
- Circular sector, also known as a "pie piece", the portion of a circle enclosed by two radii and an arc
- Spherical sector, portion of a sphere enclosed by a cone of radii from the center of the sphere.
- Hyperbolic sector, is a region of the Cartesian plane bounded by rays from the origin to two points (a, 1/a) and (b, 1/b) and by the hyperbola xy = 1.
Fictional uses
- Sector (Star Trek), a fictional area of space-designation used in the Star Trek universe for interstellar navigation
- Sector General, a series of books about an interstellar hospital in Space, written by James White
Other uses
- Sector (economic): one of several subdivisions in an economic system (used for analysis and classification)
- Sector (instrument), also known as a "proportional compass" or "military compass", a calculating instrument consisting of two rulers (of equal length) joined by a hinge
- Sector lights, one of three areas relative to a shallow-water navigational channel
- Sector (Air Traffic Control), a three dimensional zone within controlled airspace in which aircraft are under the control of a specific air traffic controller.
- United States Coast Guard Sectors, a shore-based operational unit of the United States Coast Guard
- "SECTOR", a United States nationwide radio network operated by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
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Sector
Dansk (Danish)
n. - sektor, område, afsnit, udsnit
v. tr. - opdele i sektorer
Nederlands (Dutch)
sector, terrein
Français (French)
n. - secteur
v. tr. - sectoriser
Deutsch (German)
n. - Sektor, Bereich
v. - (unter)teilen
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - τομέας, αναλογικός διαβήτης, (Η/Υ) τομέας δισκέτας
v. - χωρίζω σε τομείς, (Η/Υ) χωρίζω δίσκο ή δισκέτα σε τομείς
Italiano (Italian)
settore, provincia
Português (Portuguese)
n. - setor (m), compasso de proporção (m)
v. - setorizar
Русский (Russian)
сектор, участок, кулиса, пропорциональный циркуль
Español (Spanish)
n. - sector, sección, zona
v. tr. - dividir en sectores
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - sektor, område, avsnitt
v. - dela in i sektorer
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
扇形, 防御地段, 扇形面, 防区, 把...分成部分, 把...分成扇形
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 扇形, 防禦地段, 扇形面, 防區
v. tr. - 把...分成部分, 把...分成扇形
한국어 (Korean)
n. - (기하) 부채꼴, 전투지구, 활동 분야
v. tr. - 부채꼴로 분할하다, 부채꼴로 구분하다
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 部門, 扇形, 防衛区域, 関数尺
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) قطاع ألدائرة (فعل) يقسم ألى قطاعات
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - מגזר, גזרה, ענף, תחום, מקטע (במעגל)
v. tr. - חילק לקטעים, תחומים וכו'
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