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sector

noun
/ˈsɛk.təɹ/US/ˈsɛk.tɚ/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sector.

  1. borrowed from sector

Definitions

  1. A section.

  2. In the schedule for an aircraft and its crew, the period starting with preparation of the…

    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 zone; a designated area.

  4. ›+ 8 more definitions

    1. Part of a circle, extending to the center

      Part of a circle, extending to the center; circular sector.

    2. A portion of a sphere or ball defined by a conical boundary with apex at the center of…

      A portion of a sphere or ball defined by a conical boundary with apex at the center of the sphere.

    3. A fixed-sized unit (traditionally 512 bytes) of sequential data stored on a track of a…

      A fixed-sized unit (traditionally 512 bytes) of sequential data stored on a track of a digital medium.

    4. An instrument consisting of two rulers of equal length joined by a hinge.

    5. A field of economic activity.

      • public sector; private sector

    6. A toothed gear whose face is the arc of a circle.

    7. A fixed, continuous section of the track, such that sectors do not overlap but all…

      A fixed, continuous section of the track, such that sectors do not overlap but all sectors make up the whole track.

    8. An area of a crag, consisting of various routes

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Derived

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

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at sector. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at sector. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at sector

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA