sector

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US/ˈsɛk.təɹ/Ireland/ˈsɛk.tɚ/Ireland/ˈsɛk.tɐ/South Asia/ˈsɛktə(r)/

noun

A section.

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Meanings

nounsector (plural sectors)

plural sectors

  1. aeronauticsIn the schedule for an aircraft and its crew, the period starting with preparation of the plane before loading at one airport and ending with deplaning at the next.

    Synonyms: leg

  2. A zone; a designated area.
    1. governmentAn area designated by boundaries within which a unit operates, and for which it is responsible.
    2. governmentOne of the subdivisions of a coastal frontier.
    3. literaturea fictional region of space designated for navigational or governance purposes.
    4. A community or subculture within the wider intermicronational community.

      Very interesting read. Love it, and very inspiring. I hope this will be good for nations. I am planning in a thing like this for the MicroWiki sector, and MicroWikia sector, so this is a good model.

      2012 September 29, H.A Gov, “Re: University of Directus Releases Historic Study”, in Micras forums
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      Shireroth shall not recognize the use of Sectors^([sic]) as a micronational geographic or cultural subdivision. Nor shall it reside in any sector. Nor shall any duchy or territory be considered a part of ANY sector unless the Duchy or Territory expressly grants permision^([sic]) to be considered in such sector.

      2002 April 24, Kaiser Mors I, “Imperial Decree #13: Sectors.”, in Imperial Republic of Shireroth forums, archived from the original on 12 Sep 2024

      I'll also provide a list of all active citizens, I understand that in the past this has been hard due to lack of updates of the necessary links but as someone said not so long ago the CIS sector is in more of a flux than other sectors - bar Lovely 😉

      2006 December 12, Sepatarist, “CIS Disscussion”, in Micronational Cartography Society, archived from the original on 12 Sep 2024

      What are your opinions about this practice? Does it have a parallel outside the lusophone sector? Do you know of other stories other than YUGA? Does this mean micronationalism is changing? Is it good, bad, or irrelevant?

      2009 July 16, claudre [Claudio de Castro], “Micronations with names of Macronations”, in List of Micronations Forum

      This is not a sector where micronations come together, it is a cesspool where the most toxic elements of micronationalism gather to engage in drama. I plan on having much stricter rules than this sector and several people to report abuse or immature activity to, rather than just the shoddy rules and rule enforcement and one semi-active admin here.

      2021 March 13, “Leaving For Greener Pastures”, in r/micronations, Reddit
  3. geometryPart of a circle, extending to the center; circular sector.
  4. geometryA portion of a sphere or ball defined by a conical boundary with apex at the center of the sphere.
  5. computer hardwareA fixed-sized unit (traditionally 512 bytes) of sequential data stored on a track of a digital medium.
  6. calculationAn instrument consisting of two rulers of equal length joined by a hinge.
  7. A field of economic activity.

    public sector; private sector

    1 more example

    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.

    2013 June 28, Joris Luyendijk, “Our banks are out of control”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 3, page 21
  8. engineeringA toothed gear whose face is the arc of a circle.
  9. hobbiesA fixed, continuous section of the track, such that sectors do not overlap but all sectors make up the whole track.
  10. climbingAn area of a crag, consisting of various routes

Synonyms & antonyms

nounIn the schedule for an aircraft and its crew, the period starting with preparation of the plane before loading at one airport and ending with deplaning at the next.

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nouna particular aspect of life or activity

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sek-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sékh₁yeti
  3. Proto-Italic*sekaō
  4. Latinsecō
  5. Latinsector
  6. Englishsector

Borrowed from Latin sector.

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Translations

Arabic قِطَاع, قِطَاع
  • قِطَاع (qiṭāʕ)section
  • قِطَاع (qiṭāʕ)fixed-sized unit of sequential data storage
Bulgarian се́ктор, се́ктор
  • се́ктор (séktor)section
  • се́ктор (séktor)fixed-sized unit of sequential data storage
  • се́ктор (séktor)a field of economic activity
  • уча́стък (učástăk)zone
  • се́ктор (séktor)military operation area
Catalan sector, sector
  • sectorsection
  • sectora field of economic activity
  • sectorzone
Chinese Mandarin 扇區 /扇区
  • 扇區 /扇区 (shànqū)fixed-sized unit of sequential data storage
Czech sektor, sektor
  • sektorsection
  • sektorfixed-sized unit of sequential data storage
Dutch sector
  • sectora field of economic activity
Esperanto sektoro
  • sektorozone
Finnish lohko, sektori
  • lohkosection
  • sektorisection
  • sektorifixed-sized unit of sequential data storage
  • sektoria field of economic activity
  • vyöhykezone
  • lohkomilitary operation area
  • vastuualuemilitary operation area
French secteur, secteur
  • secteursection
  • secteura field of economic activity
German Datenblock
  • Datenblockfixed-sized unit of sequential data storage
Greek τομέας, τομέας
  • τομέας (toméas)fixed-sized unit of sequential data storage
  • τομέας (toméas)zone
Indonesian sektor
  • sektora field of economic activity
Italian settore, settore
  • settoresection
  • settorea field of economic activity
  • settorezone
  • settoremilitary operation area
Japanese セクタ
  • セクタ (sekuta)fixed-sized unit of sequential data storage
Korean 섹터
  • 섹터 (sekteo)fixed-sized unit of sequential data storage
Lithuanian sektorius
  • sektoriuszone
Malay seksyen, sektor
  • seksyensection
  • sektora field of economic activity
  • sektormilitary operation area
Māori rāngai
  • rāngaia field of economic activity
Polish sekcja, sektor
  • sekcjasection
  • sektorsection
  • sektorfixed-sized unit of sequential data storage
Portuguese setor, setor
  • setorsection
  • setora field of economic activity
  • setorzone
Russian се́ктор, се́ктор
  • се́ктор (séktor)section
  • се́ктор (séktor)fixed-sized unit of sequential data storage
  • зо́на (zóna)zone
  • о́бласть (óblastʹ)zone
  • се́ктор (séktor)zone
  • уча́сток (učástok)zone
  • се́ктор (séktor)military operation area
Spanish sector, sector
  • sectorsection
  • sectora field of economic activity
  • rubroa field of economic activity
  • sectorzone
Swahili sekta, sekta
  • sektasection
  • sektafixed-sized unit of sequential data storage
  • sektaa field of economic activity
  • sektamilitary operation area
Swedish sektor
  • sektora field of economic activity
Ukrainian се́ктор, се́ктор
  • се́ктор (séktor)section
  • се́ктор (séktor)fixed-sized unit of sequential data storage
  • се́ктор (séktor)a field of economic activity
  • се́ктор (séktor)zone
  • се́ктор (séktor)military operation area

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Cite this entry
APA

sector. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sector

MLA

“sector.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sector. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sector,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sector.

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