Sector

Definition: Sector

Sector

Noun

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

2. A body of people who form part of society or economy; "the public sector".

3. A particular aspect of life or activity; "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.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "sector" was first used: 1570. (references)

Etymology: Sector \Sec"tor\, noun. [Latin expression, properly, cutter, from secare, sectum, to cut: compare to the French expression secteur. See Section.]. (references)

Census

Computing

Economics

Finance

Military & Defense

Post & Telecom

Public Administration

Transportation

Weather

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Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonym: Sector

Circularity

Ellipse, oval, ovule; ellipsoid, cycloid; epicycloid, epicycle; semicircle; quadrant, sextant, sector.

Part

Noun: part, portion; dose; item, particular; aught, any; division, ward; subdivision, section; chapter, clause, count, paragraph, verse; article, passage; sector, segment; fraction, fragment; cantle, frustum; detachment, parcel.

Crosswords: Sector

Dutch (sector), German (sector), Latin (a cutter, sector), Portuguese (district, market segment, sector), Romanian (compartment, field, partition, section, sector, span, sphere, zone), Spanish (neighborhood, neighbourhood, quadrant, section, sector).

Sir, rebel ships are coming into our sector. (Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back; writing credit: George Lucas; Leigh Brackett)

I am sure there must be a planet with a breathable atmosphere somewhere in this sector. He (Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers: To Live and Die in Starlight; writing credit: J. Michael Straczynski)

The St. Pauli sector of Hamburg, Germany is the red light district (Oz; writing credit: Pavel Srut)

It was the only escape route for our units in that sector. (The Bridge at Remagen; writing credit: Roger O. Hirson; Richard Yates)

Lady Xena, we must now go to the Taiho Sector. (Project A-Ko Versus Battle 2: Blue Side; writing credit: Yuji Kawahara; Katsuhiko Nishijima)

Sector 13 (1982)

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References

• Packaging Sector in Poland: A Strategic Entry Report, 1998 (reference)

• Private Sector Participation in Power Generation in Egypt: A Strategic Entry Report, 1998 (reference)

• The Medical Sector in Brazil: A Strategic Entry Report, 1998 (reference)

• Retail Sector Overview in China: A Strategic Entry Report, 2000 (reference)

• The Natural Gas Sector in Poland: A Strategic Entry Report, 1997 (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Boards That Make a Difference: A New Design for Leadership in Nonprofit and Public Organizations (Jossey-Bass Nonprofit Sector Series) (reference)

• Communal Infrastructure in Slovenia: Survey of Investment Needs and Policies Aimed at Encouraging Private Sector Participation (World Bank Technical) (reference)

• The Use of fiscal instruments in environmental management : a project aimed at influencing state and private sector environmental policy (reference)

• Thomson Financial Mutual Fund Report : FISAX: Franklin Adjustable US Government Sector Class A Fund [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

• Analysis of Public and Private Sector Wages Allowing for Endogenous Choices of Both Government Union State (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Public Sector Management (reference)

• Public Sector Personnel Law Update (reference)

• Salaries For Employees In The Private Sector (reference)

• Standard & Poors Global Sector Review - Cd-rom (reference)

• Third Sector Review (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

High Tech

• 3com 18 Dbi Sector Panel Antenna (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

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Sector of GOES full disk composite infrared and visible image indicates areas of high convection and potentially violent weather. A tornado occurred at Paris in the lower left corner of the cloud in Texas. In this image, the infra-red sensor is actually measuring the temperature of very cold cloud tops which is a sign of major convective activity and dangerous weather. Credit: NOAA in Space.

Wounded Marine receiving first aid, Toul sector, March 22, 1918. / U.S. Signal Corps photo. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Bombarding the Galela sector of Halmahera Island during the Morotai invasion, 15 September 1944. This view looks forward on the port side from the midships 20mm gun gallery. Guns in the foreground are 5"/25s. This firing is being done by the forward 6"/47 gun turrets. Note ammunition passing party at work in the lower right. Credit: NAVY.

Seated in the rear cockpit, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Commander in Chief of A.F.H.Q., readies himself for the take off to fly back from the front lines. Piloting the plane is Maj. T.J. Walker, Fifth Army Artillery office, Venafro sector, Italy / U.S. Ar. Credit: Library of Congress.

Rear view of woman, standing at Berlin Wall, in west sector, with hands raised, after waiting three hours to see her East Berlin friends and relatives] / Budnik. Credit: Library of Congress.

Shenandoah, Pennsylvania. Miner's home in Brownsville sector. Credit: Library of Congress.

All that is left of the town of Malancourt, in the Argonne sector. Credit: Library of Congress.

Fresnes-en-Woevre, in the St. Mihiel sector where terrific fighting took place. Credit: Library of Congress.

Montzeville, just behind the American lines in the Meuse-Argonne sector. Credit: Library of Congress.

The Town of Clearmont [sic] in the Meuse-Argonne sector. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Health

Hearing protection manufacturers should supply comprehensive instructions concerning proper protector use and also be encouraged to increase device availability to the public sector. (references)

A defining aspect of these AD initiatives is collaboration among NIH Institutes and with other Federal agencies, private pharmaceutical companies, and other entities in the private sector, such as foundations. (references)

These initiatives are designed to accelerate laboratory and clinical research and collaboration across the Federal Government and the private sector and to turn research results into real advances for patients, families, and caregivers. (references)

Business

Most GHG comes from the energy sector. (references)

Auckland is New Zealand’s business sector. (references)

U.S. imports have done well in this sector. (references)

Children

Jordan

It has placed approximately 3,660 persons with disabilities in public and private sector jobs. (references)

Guinea

Prostitution exists in the informal economic sector and employs girls as young as 14 years of age. (references)

Greece

Recent legislation mandates the hiring of persons with disabilities in the public sector from a priority list. (references)

Civil Liberties

Iran

Applicants for public sector employment similarly are screened for their knowledge of Islam. (references)

Ukraine

In 2000 the authorities took steps to strengthen their control over the broadcasting sector. (references)

Ireland

Broadcasting remains mostly state controlled, but private sector broadcasting continued to grow. (references)

Discrimination

Vietnam

This prohibition is less restrictive than in past years because of the growth in private sector job opportunities. (references)

Togo

Members of President Eyadema's Kabye ethnic group and other northern ethnic groups dominate much of the public sector, especially the military. (references)

Tonga

Nonetheless it is possible for ordinary citizens to rise to cabinet positions in government and to accumulate great wealth and status in the private sector. (references)

Economic History

Ukraine

Support for the Social Sector. (references)

Indonesia

Banking sector reform has stalled. (references)

Saudi Arabia

More Saudis work in the public sector. (references)

Human Rights

Haiti

A new Director of Purchasing was hired from the private sector. (references)

Romania

Authorities also evicted over 60 Roma from Sector 6 in Bucharest. (references)

South Africa

The Additional Courts use private sector employees or retirees with judicial experience. (references)

Indigenous People

El Salvador

As with the poor rural sector in general, access to land is a growing problem confronting indigenous people. (references)

Indonesia

When indigenous people clash with those promoting private sector development projects, the developers almost always prevail. (references)

Jordan

Many persons of East Bank origin complain that the dynamic private sector largely is in the hands of the Palestinian majority. (references)

Minorities

Guinea

The proportion of public sector positions occupied by Soussous, particularly at senior levels, is perceived widely as exceeding their share of the national population. (references)

Pakistan

Christians in particular have difficulty finding jobs other than menial labor, although Christian activists say the employment situation has improved somewhat in the private sector. (references)

Estonia

The Law on Language requires that all public servants and public sector employees, service personnel, medical professionals, and sole proprietors be able to use the Estonian language. (references)

Political Economy

Sweden

It is a proponent of a strong public sector. (references)

ALGERIA

Reform efforts in the sector have progressed slowly. (references)

EGYPT

Law 22 of 1998 opened these areas to the private sector. (references)

Political Rights

Rwanda

Some political parties alleged that the RPA actively promoted itself regionally and at the sector levels, while prohibiting other political parties from doing the same. (references)

Egypt

The ruling National Democratic Party dominates the 454-seat People's Assembly, the 264-seat Shura Council, local governments, the mass media, labor, and the large public sector, and controls the licensing of new political parties, newspapers, and private organizations to such an extent that, as a practical matter, citizens do not have a meaningful ability to change their government. (references)

Trade

Nepal

Two large banks dominate the banking sector. (references)

Travel

Cote D'ivoire

Other added-value service companies are operating in the telecommunications sector. (references)

Israel

Business suits are appropriate for meetings with VIPs, some private sector companies, and senior government officials. (references)

Eq. Guinea

Equatorial Guinea has a poorly developed private sector, and its business community closely follows a Spanish colonial pattern of behavior. (references)

Women

Congo

In the nontraditional sector, women commonly receive less pay for comparable work. (references)

Egypt

Labor laws provide for equal rates of pay for equal work for men and women in the public sector. (references)

Ireland

Women held 43 percent of public sector jobs but were underrepresented in senior management positions. (references)

Worker Rights

Afghanistan

Most persons worked in the informal sector. (references)

Mauritania

There is no child labor in the modern industrial sector. (references)

Tanzania

Labor standards are not enforced in the informal sector. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "sector": air defense sector ♦ back course sector ♦ bad sector ♦ blind sector ♦ business sector ♦ control sector ♦ Dip sector ♦ entertainment sector ♦ fire sector ♦ front course sector ♦ glide path sector obstacle clearance ♦ government sector ♦ half ils glide path sector ♦ hard sector ♦ Health Care Sector ♦ ils glide path sector ♦ indicated course sector ♦ indicated ils glide path sector ♦ indicated linearity sector ♦ industrial sector ♦ informal sector ♦ institutional sector ♦ linearity sector ♦ maritime defense sector ♦ minimum sector altitude ♦ observing sector ♦ private sector ♦ private sector flows ♦ public sector ♦ public sector bond ♦ R&D researchers in the business enterprise sector at a given point in time ♦ R&D researchers in the Government sector at a given point in time ♦ R&D researchers in the higher education sector at a given point in time ♦ R&D researchers in the private non profit sector at a given point in time ♦ R&D technicians and other R&D staff in the business enterprise sector at a given point in time ♦ R&D technicians and other R&D staff in the Government sector at a given point in time ♦ R&D technicians and other R&D staff in the higher education sector at a given point in time ♦ R&D technicians and other R&D staff in the private non profit sector at a given point in time ♦ sector adjustment loan(SECAL ♦ sector commander ♦ sector controller ♦ sector fare ♦ sector fund ♦ sector interleave ♦ sector interleaving ♦ sector map ♦ sector mapping ♦ sector of a sector light ♦ sector of a sphere ♦ sector of fire ♦ sector rate ♦ sector scan ♦ service sector ♦ spherical sector ♦ zenith sector. Additional references.

Beginning with "sector": sector-based, Sector-by-sector, sector-employed, sector-from, sector-gender-time, sector-households, sector-led, sector-one, sector-oriented, sector-scanning, sector-specific, sector-the, sector-units, sector-wide.

Ending with "sector": cross-sector, private-sector, service-sector, state-sector, sub-sector.

Containing "sector": private-sector company, private-sector-led.

Afrikaans

sektor. (various references)

Albanian

sektori, sektor (department, division, quadrant, section, segment, stage, unit). (various references)

Arabic 

‏قسم لقطاعات, ‏قطاع (enclave, section, strip, turf), ‏أداة لقياس الزوايا أو رسمها. (various references)

Bulgarian 

участък (claim, division, plot, section, unit), сектор (band, block), кулиса (coulisse, flat, profile, rocker), клон (affiliate, branch, filiation, office, province, ramus), бранш (branch, department, metier, trade), дял (allocation, allotment, concern, contingent, deal, dos, interest, lobe, parcel, part, partition, portion, proportion, quantum, quota, segment, share, slice, snack, value, whack). (various references)

Chinese 

区段. (various references)

Czech

sektor (zone), výseè. (various references)

Danish

sektor i vinkelfyr (sector of a sector light), sektor (institutional sector, segment), segment (segment), tandbue (dental arch, gate leaf), institutionel sektor (institutional sector), flyveetape (stage of flight), afsnit (paragraph). (various references)

Dutch

sector (gate leaf, market segment). (various references)

Esperanto

sektoro. (various references)

Farsi 

محله (Parish, Quarter), ناحیه (Area, District, Realm, Region, Terrain, Zone), قسمتی ازجبهه , تقسیم کردن (Administer, Apportion, Compartment, Distribute, Divide, Impute, Intersect), خطکش ریاضی , جزء (Appurtenance, Clause, Component, Detail, Ingredient, Member, Portion), بخش (Borough, Branch, Canton, Commune, County, Department, District, Division, Installment, Item, Leg, Lot, Member, Parcel, Parish, Part, Party, Piece, Portion, Precinct, Quarter, Role, Sect, Section, Segment, Share, Zone). (various references)

Finnish

sektori (market segment, segment). (various references)

French

secteur (institutional sector, sector of a sector light). (various references)

German

Sektor (field). (various references)

Greek 

φύλλο θυροφράγματος (gate leaf), φάση πτήσεως (stage of flight), τόξο ενδεικτικής κλίμακας, τμήμα αγοράς (market segment), τομέασ (precinct), τομέας πτήσεως (stage of flight), τομέας ενός φανού με τομείς (sector of a sector light), τομέας (field, realm), τομεύσ (incisor), θεσμικός τομέας (institutional sector). (various references)

Hebrew 

מ�'זר (part, segment, slit), ע� ף (bough, branch, branchy, extensive, ramified, sprig, sprout, stick, widespread), סקטור. (various references)

Hungarian

körcikk (section), szektor, sáv (area, band, bar, belt, blaze, lane, Ray, ribbon, streak, stretch, strip, stripe, tracking, trail, zone), ágazat (arm, branch, loft, major, ramification, shroud, specialization), aránykörző, bányamező, fogasív (notched quadrant), görbeszelet, gazdasági szektor, horony (chase, cut, groove, gutter, mortice, mortise, nick, notch, rabbet, slot), iránysáv, kivágás (channelling, cutting, cutting out, dissecting out, excision, felling, neck-line, resection, shaping), tárcsaív, kulissza (coulisse, rocker, scene), kvadráns (quadrant, quadrantal), lyuk (burrow, cavity, chuck-hole, earth, eye, hole, leakage, pit, puncture, socket, vent), mérőléc (fence, metric gauge, scale, staff), szakasz (area, break, chapter, compartment, par, paragraph, passage, period, phase, platoon, plt, section, spell, sqn, squadron, stadium), körzet (area, circle, circuit, district, locality, precinct, range, scope, section, territory, zone). (various references)

Indonesian

kenaikan (ascension, ascent, preferment, rise), bidang (area, broad, plane, scope, stretch), bidanan (stretch). (various references)

Italian

settore (area, chapter, field, paragraph, section, trade). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

地区　 (district, section), 地区 (district, section), セイファート銀河 (a second, cesium, outdoor environmental educational program for city children, safety bunt, sailer, saint, saison, second bag, second base, secondary, secondhand, secretary, section, sectioning, security, security hole, segment, segmentation, sexual, sexual harassment, sexual harrassment, sexy, Seyfert galaxy, theory, zippered carrying case). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

セクタ , ちく (dashing around on a horse, district, exerting oneself, running around, section). (various references)

Korean 

분야 (Discipline, field, Fields). (various references)

Manx

rheynnag. (various references)

Pig Latin

ectorsay.(various references)

Portuguese

setor (cufflink, district, section). (various references)

Romanian

sector (compartment, field, partition, section, span, sphere, zone), zonã (area, belt, country, digging, district, neighborhood, neighbourhood, parish, patch, province, space, surface, zone), porţiune (lot, part, portion, proportion, stretch), compas de proporţie. (various references)

Russian 

секторный (sectoral), сектор секторный, сектор (department, desk, quadrant, segment). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

sektorni, sektor. (various references)

Spanish

sector (neighborhood, neighbourhood, quadrant, section). (various references)

Swedish

sektor (section), avsnitt (article, clause, episode, installment, instalment, paragraph, part, passage, section, stage, stretch). (various references)

Tahitian

v‘hi (place). (various references)

Turkish

sektör, işkolu, dilim (cut, round, segment, shred, slice, strip), daire dilimi, bölge (area, belt, circumscription, climate, corner, department, district, division, latitude, parts, phase, precinct, quarter, region, section, sky, territory, tract, ward, zone), ölçüm teleskopu. (various references)

Ukrainian

сектор (segment). (various references)

sector. (various references)

sector. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "sector": sectoral, sectored, sectorial, sectoring, sectors. (additional references)

Words ending with "sector": bisector, dissector, prosector, subsector, trisector, vivisector. (additional references)

Words containing "sector": bisectors, dissectors, prosectors, subsectors, trisectors, vivisectors. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Sector" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: estor, jector, pector, Sacktor, sacor, sacto, saltoro, sceptor, scitor, Sechter, secor, secorn, secta, Secteur, secti, Sectorul, Sectos, sectum, secutor, sentor, septor, Sertori, sestron, Setor, Sibthorp, socor, spector, suctor. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: corset, coster, escort, rectos, scoter.

-1 letter: ceros, cores, corse, coset, cotes, crest, escot, recto, roset, rotes, score, store, torcs, tores, torse.

-2 letters: cero, core, cors, cost, cote, cots, eros, erst, orcs, ores, orts, recs, rest, rets, rocs, roes, rose, rote, rots, scot, sect, sore, sort, toes, torc, tore, tors.

-3 letters: cor, cos, cot, ers, oes, orc, ore, ors, ort.

+1 letter: coaster, coaters, colters, cooters, copters, cornets, corsets, corslet, corvets, costers, costrel, cotters, couters, coverts, erotics, escorts, hectors, lectors, prosect, rectors, restock, rochets, rockets, rotches, scooter, scoters, scouter, sectors, stocker, tochers, torches, troches, vectors.

+2 letters: ancestor, bisector, botchers, brockets, cabestro, cabresto, cheroots, chortles, citreous, cloister, clotures, clouters, coarsest, coasters, coerects, coexerts, coffrets, cointers, coistrel, concerts, construe, converts, cordites, corkiest, corniest, coronets, corrects, corselet, corseted, corsetry, corslets, corteges, cortexes, cortices, costlier, costrels, costumer, coteries, cottiers, coulters, counters, courters, courtesy, coutures, coveters, cowrites, creators, creosote, crochets, crockets, crofters, croquets, crossest, crosslet, crosstie, crotches, crownets, crowstep, crustose, customer, cutovers, ectosarc, eductors, ejectors, electors, electros, enactors, erectors, escargot, escorted, esoteric, evictors, exactors, excitors, exorcist, forecast, fructose, locaters, mortices, notchers, noticers, outcries, outcurse, outraces, outscore, overacts, overcast, overcuts, postrace, projects, prosects, prospect, protects, reactors, recounts, redcoats, restocks, rockiest, scooters, scouters, scouther, secretor, sectoral, sectored, selector, sprocket, stockers, stockier, stuccoer, thoraces, touchers, trochees, trounces, vortices.