Definitions for sector

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sector sec·tor

Spelling: [sek-ter]

IPA: /ˈsɛk tər/

Sector is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 153 anagrams from letters in sector (ceorst).

Definitions for sector

noun

1. Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
2. a mathematical instrument consisting of two flat rulers hinged together at one end and bearing various scales.
3. Machinery. a device used in connection with an index plate, consisting of two arms rotating about the center of the plate and set to indicate the angle through which the work is indexed.
4. Military. a designated defense area, usually in a combat zone, within which a particular military unit operates and for which it is responsible.
5. Astronomy. an instrument shaped like a sector of a circle, having a variable central angle and sights along the two straight sides, for measuring the angular distance between two celestial bodies.
6. a distinct part, especially of society or of a nation's economy:
7. a section or zone, as of a city.
8. Computers. a portion of a larger block of storage, as 1/128 of a track or disk.

verb (used with object)

1. to divide into sectors.

Origin of sector

1560-70; Late Latin: sector, Latin: cutter, equivalent to of sec(āre) to cut + -tor -tor

Examples for sector

He was specifically after the Med Service history of all the planets in this sector.

The withdrawal from sector D leaves several other border crossings open.

To that sector we will now turn to review the course of events.

With the middle of February a lull set in in this sector of the front.

In two days the French took over 350 prisoners in this sector.

This addition ultimately “reactivated” that sector of the city.

This is a problem where every sector, including governments and NGOs, need to work together on the solutions.

There were now five British corps in the British sector, and five American corps in the American sector.

Having finally re-joined the main body of the Ukrainian forces, the beleaguered defenders of sector D were evacuated.

A great number of guns were concentrated by the Germans in this sector.