Sector - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈsektər|  American pronunciation of the word sector
Brit.  |ˈsektə|  British pronunciation of the word sector

noun

- a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle
- a social group that forms part of the society or the economy
the public sector
- a particular aspect of life or activity (syn: sphere)
he was helpless in an important sector of his life
- the minimum track length that can be assigned to store information; unless otherwise specified a sector of data consists of 512 bytes
- a portion of a military position
- measuring instrument consisting of two graduated arms hinged at one end

Extra examples

He was assigned to the northern sector.

Data is stored on the disk in 512-byte sectors.

...a new pilot program to train inner-city residents for jobs in the tech sector...

The corporation's tentacles are felt in every sector of the industry.

The construction sector showed the biggest losses.

More than 17.6 million firms compose the business sector of our economy.

There are good prospects for growth in the retail sector.

Rocard set himself to reform public sector industry.

Job losses in manufacturing were balanced by job increases in the service sector.

The biggest spender in the United Kingdom is the public sector, which will have an annual budget of over £500 billion by 2006.

The sector was showing only 0.5 per cent growth.

Word forms

noun
singular: sector
plural: sectors
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