sector
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sector (plural sectors)
- A section. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- A zone; a designated area.
- (military) An area designated by boundaries within which a unit operates, and for which it is responsible.
- (military) One of the subdivisions of a coastal frontier.
- (science fiction) a fictional region of space designated for navigational or governance purposes.
- (geometry) Part of a circle, extending to the center; circular sector.
- (computer hardware) A fixed-sized unit (traditionally 512 bytes) of sequential data stored on a track of a digital medium.
- Coordinate term: block
- (calculation) An instrument consisting of two rulers of equal length joined by a hinge.
- 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
- (engineering) A toothed gear whose face is the arc of a circle.
- (motor racing) A fixed, continuous section of the track, such that sectors do not overlap but all sectors make up the whole track.
- (climbing) An area of a crag, consisting of various routes
Derived terms edit
- boot sector
- circle sector
- cylinder-head-sector
- dark sector
- dip sector
- dual-sector model
- hard sector
- hyperbolic sector
- light sector
- married sector
- minimum sector altitude
- primary sector
- private sector
- private-sector
- public sector
- public-sector
- quaternary sector of the economy
- quinary sector
- secondary sector
- sectored
- sector principle
- soft sector
- state sector
- subsector
- tertiary sector
- third sector
- weak sector
- zenith sector
Related terms edit
Translations edit
section
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zone
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circular sector — see circular sector
fixed-sized unit of sequential data storage
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military operation area
a field of economic activity
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See also edit
Anagrams edit
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin sectōrem.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sector m (plural sectors)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “sector” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sector m (plural sectoren or sectors, diminutive sectortje n)
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
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | sector | sectōrēs |
Genitive | sectōris | sectōrum |
Dative | sectōrī | sectōribus |
Accusative | sectōrem | sectōrēs |
Ablative | sectōre | sectōribus |
Vocative | sector | sectōrēs |
Descendants edit
- English: sector
- Italian: settore
- Russian: се́ктор (séktor)
- Serbo-Croatian: sȅktor / се̏ктор
- Spanish: sector
Etymology 2 edit
From sequor (“follow”) + -tō.
Verb edit
sector (present infinitive sectārī or sectārier, perfect active sectātus sum); first conjugation, deponent
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of sector (first conjugation, deponent) | |||||||
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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)
- Alternative form of setor
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French secteur, from Latin sector.
Noun edit
sector n (plural sectoare)
Declension edit
Declension of sector
singular | plural | |||
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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
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sector m (plural sectores)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “sector”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014