See Also: Sector(money)
sector(dictionary)
Sector(finance)
Sector(medicine)
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Service Sector(money)
Tax-exempt sector(money)
public sector(dictionary)
Private sector(finance)
Public sector(finance)

sector (iou)



sector noun & verb. L16.
[Late Latin techn. use of Latin sector cutter, from sect-: see SECTION noun, -OR.]
A. noun.
a. Geometry. A plane figure contained by two radii and an arc of a circle, ellipse, or other curve which they intercept. L16.
b. A mathematical instrument consisting of two flat rules hinged together, sometimes attached to a graduated arc, and inscribed with various kinds of scales. L16.
c. Astronomy. A telescope turning about the centre of a graduated arc, used to measure large angular distances. E18.
gen. A body, figure, part of a mechanism, etc., having the shape of a geometrical sector; a division, a part; a unit. E18.
b. Military. A part or subdivision of an area of military operations, controlled by one commander or headquarters. E20.
c. A region or district of a larger geographical area. M20.
Daily Telegraph Daily oil consumption..produced from the British sector of the sea.
d. A distinct part or branch of an economy; an area of industry or of economic activity. Freq. with specifying word. M20.
Media Week Plans to launch Viva into the same sector of the Market.
e. A route or journey operated non-stop by a commercial airline, often as part of a longer flight schedule. M20.
f. Computing. A subdivision of a track on a magnetic drum or disc; the block of data stored on this. M20.
g. Grammar. The position in a sentence normally occupied by any one of the basic units into which the sentence may be divided for purposes of analysis. M20.
Phrases: private sector: see PRIVATE adjective. public sector: see PUBLIC adjective & noun. sector of a sphere a solid generated by the rotation of a radius of a sphere so as to mark out a circle on its surface. warm sector: see WARM adjective.
Comb.: sector analysis Grammar the analysis of a sentence in terms of the positions occupied by the basic units of which it is composed; sector-piece a sector-shaped portion of an object; sector scan an instance of sector scanning; (sector-scan mode, a mode of operation involving sector scanning); sector scanning scanning with radar, sonar, etc., in which the detector rotates to and fro through a fixed angle.
b. verb trans. Divide into sectors; provide with sectors. L19.