sector
/ˈsɛk.təɹ/
A zone; a designated area.; An area designated by boundaries within which a unit operates, and for which it is responsible; A section
- plural
- sectors
Meanings
- 1
A zone; a designated area.; An area designated by boundaries within which a unit operates, and for which it is responsible
The hotel sector is taking people on.
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The financial crisis affected all sectors of the economy.
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A section
- 3
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 nextrare
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A zone; a designated area.; One of the subdivisions of a coastal frontierrare
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A zone; a designated area.; a fictional region of space designated for navigational or governance purposesrare
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A zone; a designated area.; A community or subculture within the wider intermicronational communityrare
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Part of a circle, extending to the center; circular sectorrare
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A portion of a sphere or ball defined by a conical boundary with apex at the center of the sphererare
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A fixed-sized unit (traditionally 512 bytes) of sequential data stored on a track of a digital mediumrare
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An instrument consisting of two rulers of equal length joined by a hingerare