SECTOR
\sˈɛktə], \sˈɛktə], \s_ˈɛ_k_t_ə]\
Definitions of SECTOR
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a body of people who form part of society or economy; "the public sector"
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a portion of a military position
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the minimum track length that can be assigned to store information; unless otherwise specified a sector of data consists of 512 bytes
By Princeton University
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a body of people who form part of society or economy; "the public sector"
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a portion of a military position
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the minimum track length that can be assigned to store information; unless otherwise specified a sector of data consists of 512 bytes
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A part of a circle comprehended between two radii and the included arc.
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A mathematical instrument, consisting of two rulers connected at one end by a joint, each arm marked with several scales, as of equal parts, chords, sines, tangents, etc., one scale of each kind on each arm, and all on lines radiating from the common center of motion. The sector is used for plotting, etc., to any scale.
By Oddity Software
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A part of a circle comprehended between two radii and the included arc.
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A mathematical instrument, consisting of two rulers connected at one end by a joint, each arm marked with several scales, as of equal parts, chords, sines, tangents, etc., one scale of each kind on each arm, and all on lines radiating from the common center of motion. The sector is used for plotting, etc., to any scale.
By Noah Webster.
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That part of a circle inclosed between two radii and the included arc; in military use, one of the parts into which the fighting line is divided.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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That which cuts: that which is cut off: a portion of a circle between two radii and the intercepted arc: a mathematical instrument for finding a fourth proportional.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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The part of a circle comprehended between two radii and the intercepted arc; or a mixed triangle, formed by two radii and the arc of a circle; a mathematical instrument for determining a fourth proportional.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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That which cuts or divides; a mathematical instr. to assist in laying down plans, for measuring zenith distances, &c.; sector of a circle, a part of a circle bounded by two radii and the arc between their extremities; dip-sector, an instr. used for measuring the dip of the horizon.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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n. [Latin] A part of a circle comprehended between two radii and the included arc;-an astronomical the zenith distances of heavenly bodies passing within a few degrees of the zenith;-also, a mathematical instrument marked with lines of chords, sines, secants, tangents, &c., and used in making plans,diagrams, sections, &c.
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