sector

Borrowed from Latin sector.

• (US) enPR: sĕk'tər, IPA^(key): /ˈsɛk.təɹ/
• Rhymes: -ɛktə(ɹ)

A geometric sector, to the left.

sector (plural sectors)

1. section
2. zone (designated area).
3. (geometry) part of a circle, extending to the center
4. (computing) fixed-sized unit (traditionally 512 bytes) of sequential data stored on a track of a digital medium (compare to block)
5. (military) an area designated by boundaries within which a unit operates, and for which it is responsible
6. (military) one of the subdivisions of a coastal frontier
7. (science fiction) a fictional region of space designated for navigational or governance purposes.
8. (calculation) an instrument consisting of two rulers of equal length joined by a hinge.
9. a field of economic activity
   • 2013 June 28, Joris Luyendijk, “Our banks are out of control”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 3, page 21:

     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

10. (engineering) A toothed gear whose face is the arc of a circle.

• sect
• section
• segment

• area of influence
• boot block
• zone of action

• Coster, Ectors, Tresco, corset, coster, escort, recost, rectos, scoter, scrote

sector m (plural sectors)

1. sector

Borrowed from Latin sector.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛk.tɔr/

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• Hyphenation: sec‧tor
• Rhymes: -ɛktɔr

sector m (plural sectoren or sectors, diminutive sectortje n)

1. sector

• dienstensector
• industriesector
• landbouwsector
• onderwijssector
• primaire sector
• secundaire sector
• tertiaire sector

From secō (“cut, cut off”) +‎ -tor.

sector m (genitive sectōris); third declension

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

Third declension.

• English: sector
• Italian: settore
• Russian: се́ктор (séktor)
• Serbo-Croatian: sȅktor / се̏ктор

From sequor (“follow”) +‎ -tō.

sector (present infinitive sectārī, perfect active sectātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

1. I follow continually, attend, accompany.
2. I follow after, pursue, chase.
3. I seek after/out

¹The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested for this verb.

• sector in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sector in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sector in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• sector in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• sector in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
• Langenscheidt Pocket Latin Dictionary

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɛk.ˈtoɾ/
• Hyphenation: sec‧tor

sector m (plural sectores)

1. Alternative form of setor

sector m (plural sectores)

1. section.
2. zone.
3. branch.