sector
nounUS /ˈsɛk.təɹ/ · IE /ˈsɛk.tɚ/
Etymology Borrowed from Latin sector.
14 senses
- 1A section.
- 2In the schedule for an aircraft and its crew, the period…
- 3An area designated by boundaries within which a unit…
- 4One of the subdivisions of a coastal frontier.
- 5a fictional region of space designated for navigational…
- 6A community or subculture within the wider intermicronati…
- 7Part of a circle, extending to the center; circular sector.
- 8A portion of a sphere or ball defined by a conical…
- 9A fixed-sized unit (traditionally 512 bytes) of…
- 10An instrument consisting of two rulers of equal length…
- 11A field of economic activity.
- 12A toothed gear whose face is the arc of a circle.
- 13A fixed, continuous section of the track, such that…
- 14An area of a crag, consisting of various routes
A section.
Aeronautics, Aerospace, Aviation, Business, Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences 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.
› A zone; a designated area.
Government, Military, Politics, War An area designated by boundaries within which a unit operates, and for which it is responsible.
Government, Military, Politics, War One of the subdivisions of a coastal frontier.
Literature, Media, Publishing, Science fiction a fictional region of space designated for navigational or governance purposes.
A community or subculture within the wider intermicronational community.
- 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:
3 more examples
- 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:
- 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:
- 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:
Geometry, Mathematics, Sciences Part of a circle, extending to the center; circular sector.
Geometry, Mathematics, Sciences A portion of a sphere or ball defined by a conical boundary with apex at the center of the sphere.
Computer hardware, Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A fixed-sized unit (traditionally 512 bytes) of sequential data stored on a track of a digital medium.
An instrument consisting of two rulers of equal length joined by a hinge.
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.2013 June 28, Joris Luyendijk, “Our banks are out of control”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 3, page 21:
- public sector; private sector
Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences A toothed gear whose face is the arc of a circle.
Hobbies, Lifestyle, Motor racing, Racing, Sports A fixed, continuous section of the track, such that sectors do not overlap but all sectors make up the whole track.
- Derived terms
39 terms
boot sector, circle sector, cylinder-head-sector, dark sector, dip sector, dipsector, dual-sector model, hard sector, hyperbolic sector, intersector, light sector, married sector, minimum sector altitude, multisector, primary sector, private-sector, private sector, public sector, public-sector, quaternary sector, quaternary sector of the economy, quinary sector, secondary sector, sectoral, sectorectomy, sectored, sectoring, sectorise, sectorization, sectorize, sector principle, soft sector, state sector, subsector, supersector, tertiary sector, third sector, weak sector, zenith sector- Related terms
- sect, section, segment, area of influence, boot block, zone of action