sector

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sector.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

sector (plural sectors)

1. A section. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
2. A zone; a designated area.
   1. (military) An area designated by boundaries within which a unit operates, and for which it is responsible.
   2. (military) One of the subdivisions of a coastal frontier.
   3. (science fiction) a fictional region of space designated for navigational or governance purposes.
   4. (micronationalism) A community or subculture within the wider intermicronational community.
3. (geometry) Part of a circle, extending to the center; circular sector.
4. (computer hardware) A fixed-sized unit (traditionally 512 bytes) of sequential data stored on a track of a digital medium.

   Coordinate term: block

5. (calculation) An instrument consisting of two rulers of equal length joined by a hinge.
6. A field of economic activity.

7. (engineering) A toothed gear whose face is the arc of a circle.
8. (motor racing) A fixed, continuous section of the track, such that sectors do not overlap but all sectors make up the whole track.
9. (climbing) An area of a crag, consisting of various routes

Derived terms

Related terms

• sect
• section
• segment

Translations

See also

• area of influence
• boot block
• zone of action

Anagrams

• torces, c-store, corset, rectos, scoter, Tresco, recost, Cortes, Coster, Ectors, Certos, scrote, escort, coster

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin sectōrem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [səkˈto]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [sekˈtoɾ]

Noun

sector m (plural sectors)

1. sector, section

Derived terms

• sectorial

Further reading

• “sector” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sector.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛk.tɔr/
• Hyphenation: sec‧tor
• Rhymes: -ɛktɔr

Noun

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

1. sector

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Indonesian: sektor

Latin

Etymology 1

From secō (“cut, cut off”) +‎ -tor.

Noun

sector m (genitive sectōris, feminine sectrīx); third declension

2. cutter (one who cuts or cuts off)
3. purchaser or bidder (someone who buys or attempts to buy at a sale of confiscated goods)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

• Piedmontese: sèitor, saitor
• Borrowings:
  • → English: sector
  • → Italian: settore
  • → Russian: се́ктор (séktor)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: sȅktor / се̏ктор
  • → Spanish: sector

Etymology 2

From sequor (“follow”) +‎ -tō.

Verb

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

2. to follow continually, attend, accompany
3. to follow after, pursue, chase
4. to seek after/out

Conjugation

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

References

• “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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sec‧tor

Noun

sector m (plural sectores) (European Portuguese spelling)

1. Alternative form of setor

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French secteur, from Latin sector.

Noun

sector n (plural sectoare)

1. sector

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin sector.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seɡˈtoɾ/ [seɣ̞ˈt̪oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: sec‧tor

Noun

sector m (plural sectores)

1. section
2. zone
3. branch

Derived terms

Further reading

• “sector”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10