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sector

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin sector.

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

 
A geometric sector, to the left.

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.
  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.
    • 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
  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 edit

Related terms edit

Translations edit

circular sector — see circular sector

See also edit

Anagrams edit

Catalan edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Latin sectōrem.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

sector m (plural sectors)

  1. sector, section

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin sector.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

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

  1. sector

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • → Indonesian: sektor

Latin edit

Etymology 1 edit

From secō (“cut, cut off”) +‎ -tor.

Noun edit

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

  2. One who cuts or cuts off, cutter
  3. A purchaser or bidder at a sale of confiscated goods
Declension edit

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sector sectōrēs
Genitive sectōris sectōrum
Dative sectōrī sectōribus
Accusative sectōrem sectōrēs
Ablative sectōre sectōribus
Vocative sector sectōrēs
Descendants edit

Etymology 2 edit

From sequor (“follow”) +‎ -tō.

Verb edit

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 edit
   Conjugation of sector (first conjugation, deponent)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present sector sectāris,
sectāre 		sectātur sectāmur sectāminī sectantur
imperfect sectābar sectābāris,
sectābāre 		sectābātur sectābāmur sectābāminī sectābantur
future sectābor sectāberis,
sectābere 		sectābitur sectābimur sectābiminī sectābuntur
perfect sectātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect sectātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect sectātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present secter sectēris,
sectēre 		sectētur sectēmur sectēminī sectentur
imperfect sectārer sectārēris,
sectārēre 		sectārētur sectārēmur sectārēminī sectārentur
perfect sectātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect sectātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — sectāre — — sectāminī —
future — sectātor sectātor — — sectantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives sectārī,
sectārier1 		sectātum esse sectātūrum esse — — —
participles sectāns sectātus sectātūrus — — sectandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
sectandī sectandō sectandum sectandō sectātum sectātū

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

References edit

  • “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 edit

Pronunciation edit

 

  • Hyphenation: sec‧tor

Noun edit

sector m (plural sectores) (European spelling)

  1. Alternative form of setor

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French secteur, from Latin sector.

Noun edit

sector n (plural sectoare)

  1. sector

Declension edit

Declension of sector
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) sector sectorul (niște) sectoare sectoarele
genitive/dative (unui) sector sectorului (unor) sectoare sectoarelor
vocative sectorule sectoarelor

Spanish edit

Etymology edit

From Latin sector.

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

sector m (plural sectores)

  1. section
  2. zone
  3. branch

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

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