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sector
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin sector.
Pronunciation
- (US) enPR: s?k't?r, IPA(key): /?s?k.t??/
- Rhymes: -?kt?(?)
Noun
sector (plural sectors)
- section
- zone (designated area).
- (geometry) part of a circle, extending to the center
- (computer hardware) fixed-sized unit (traditionally 512 bytes) of sequential data stored on a track of a digital medium (compare to block)
- (military) an area designated by boundaries within which a unit operates, and for which it is responsible
- (military) one of the subdivisions of a coastal frontier
- (science fiction) a fictional region of space designated for navigational or governance purposes.
- (calculation) an instrument consisting of two rulers of equal length joined by a hinge.
- a field of economic activity
- (engineering) A toothed gear whose face is the arc of a circle.
- (motor racing) A fixed, continuous section of the track, such that sectors do not overlap but all sectors make up the whole track.
Derived terms
Related terms
- sect
- section
- segment
Translations
See also
- area of influence
- boot block
- zone of action
Anagrams
- Coster, Ectors, Tresco, corset, coster, escort, recost, rectos, scoter, scrote
Catalan
Noun
sector m (plural sectors)
- sector
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin sector.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?s?k.t?r/
- Hyphenation: sec?tor
- Rhymes: -?kt?r
Noun
sector m (plural sectoren or sectors, diminutive sectortje n)
- sector
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Indonesian: sektor
Latin
Etymology 1
From sec? (“cut, cut off”) +? -tor.
Noun
sector m (genitive sect?ris, feminine sectr?x); third declension
- One who cuts or cuts off, cutter.
- A purchaser or bidder at a sale of confiscated goods.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Descendants
- English: sector
- Italian: settore
- Russian: ??????? (séktor)
- Serbo-Croatian: s?ktor / ???????
Etymology 2
From sequor (“follow”) +? -t?.
Verb
sector (present infinitive sect?r? or sect?rier, perfect active sect?tus sum); first conjugation, deponent
- I follow continually, attend, accompany.
- I follow after, pursue, chase.
- I seek after/out
Conjugation
1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested for this verb.
References
- sector in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- sector in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sector in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- sector in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- sector in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
- Langenscheidt Pocket Latin Dictionary
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /s?k.?to?/
- Hyphenation: sec?tor
Noun
sector m (plural sectores)
- Alternative form of setor
Romanian
Etymology
From French secteur, from Latin sector.
Noun
sector n (plural sectoare)
- sector
Declension
Spanish
Noun
sector m (plural sectores)
- section
- zone
- branch
Derived terms
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crumb
English
Alternative forms
- crimb (dialectal)
Etymology
From Middle English crome, cromme, crumme, crume, from Old English cruma (“crumb, fragment”), from Proto-Germanic *krumô, *kr?mô (“fragment, crumb”), from Proto-Indo-European *gr?-mo- (“something scraped together, lumber, junk; to claw, scratch”), from *ger- (“to turn, bend, twist, wind”). The b is excrescent, as in limb and climb, appearing in the mid 15th century to match crumble and words like dumb, numb, thumb. Cognate with Dutch kruim (“crumb”), Low German Krome, Krume (“crumb”), German Krume (“crumb”), Danish krumme (“crumb”), Swedish dialectal krumma (“crumb”), Swedish inkråm (“crumbs, giblets”), Icelandic krumur (“crumb”), Latin gr?mus (“a little heap”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??m/
- Rhymes: -?m
Noun
crumb (countable and uncountable, plural crumbs)
- A small piece which breaks off from baked food (such as cake, biscuit or bread).
- desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table
- At twilight in the summer there is never anybody to fear—man, woman, or cat—in the chambers and at that hour the mice come out. They do not eat parchment or foolscap or red tape, but they eat the luncheon crumbs.
- A small piece of other material, such as rubber.
- 2012, Caroline Joy Adams, An Italic Calligraphy Handbook (page 79)
- Then erase any pencil lines with a good, soft eraser, rubbing gently, in only one direction. A dustbrush can be useful in removing any eraser crumbs.
- 2012, Caroline Joy Adams, An Italic Calligraphy Handbook (page 79)
- (figuratively) A bit, small amount.
- The soft internal portion of bread, surrounded by crust.
- 1861, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown at Oxford
- Dust unto dust, what must be, must; / If you can't get crumb, you'd best eat crust.
- 1861, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown at Oxford
- A mixture of sugar, cocoa and milk, used to make industrial chocolate.
- (slang) A nobody; a worthless person.
- 1999, Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Alice on the Outside (page 146)
- All Dad can think of is a gift certificate from the Melody Inn? And my crumb of a boyfriend doesn't even show up? This is a birthday?
- 1999, Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Alice on the Outside (page 146)
- (slang) A body louse (Pediculus humanus).
Synonyms
- (crumbled food): crumbling
- (small amount): see also Thesaurus:modicum.
Derived terms
Related terms
- crumble
- crumpet
- crumbum
Translations
Verb
crumb (third-person singular simple present crumbs, present participle crumbing, simple past and past participle crumbed)
- (transitive) To cover with crumbs.
- (transitive) To break into crumbs or small pieces with the fingers; to crumble.
- to crumb bread
Derived terms
- crumbed
Related terms
- crumple
Translations
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- what crumbles down
- what crumble means
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- what crumbs can you make
- what's crumb coating a cake
- what's crumb cake
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