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sector

noun

  1. grouping of corporations according to their area of activity
  2. city / urban unit or block which engages in the same type of activity or activities
  3. subdivision of a country
  4. mechanical calculator
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈsɛk.təɹ/ / /ˈsɛk.tɚ/ / /ˈsɛk.tɐ/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Latin sectorbor. English sector Borrowed from Latin sector.

  1. A section.
  2. In 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.
  3. A zone; a designated area.
  4. A zone; a designated area.
  5. A zone; a designated area.
  6. A zone; a designated area.

    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.

    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 😉

  7. Part of a circle, extending to the center; circular sector.
  8. A portion of a sphere or ball defined by a conical boundary with apex at the center of the sphere.
  9. A fixed-sized unit (traditionally 512 bytes) of sequential data stored on a track of a digital medium.
  10. An instrument consisting of two rulers of equal length joined by a hinge.
  11. A field of economic activity.

    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

  12. A toothed gear whose face is the arc of a circle.
  13. A fixed, continuous section of the track, such that sectors do not overlap but all sectors make up the whole track.
  14. An area of a crag, consisting of various routes