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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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diameter
English
Alternative forms
- diametre
- ? (abbreviation)
Etymology
From Old French diametre (French diamètre), from Latin diametrus, from Ancient Greek ????????? (diámetros) (?????? (gramm?)) (diametros gramm?, “line measuring across”), from ??? (diá, “across”) + ?????? (métron, “measure”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /da??æm?t?(?)/
- (General American) enPR: d?-?m'?t?r, IPA(key): /da??æm?t?/, [-m???]
Noun
diameter (plural diameters)
- (geometry) Any straight line between two points on the circumference of a circle that passes through the centre/center of the circle.
- (geometry) The length of such a line.
- (geometry) The maximum distance between any two points in a metric space
- (graph theory) The maximum eccentricity over all vertices in a graph.
Related terms
- diametric
- diametrically
- semidiameter
Translations
See also
- circumference
- radius
Anagrams
- Demetria, diametre, diatreme
Danish
Noun
diameter c (singular definite diameteren, plural indefinite diametre)
- a diameter
References
- “diameter” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French diamètre, from Latin diametrus, from Ancient Greek ????????? (diámetros). Equivalent to dia- +? meter.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?di.a??me?.t?r/
- Hyphenation: di?a?me?ter
Noun
diameter m (plural diameters, diminutive diametertje n)
- diameter (length of diametrical chord)
- diameter (diametrical chord)
- Synonym: middellijn
See also
- straal
- omtrek
- doorsnee
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
diameter m (definite singular diameteren, indefinite plural diametere or diametre or diametrer, definite plural diameterne or diametrene)
- a diameter
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
diameter m (definite singular diameteren, indefinite plural diameterar or diametrar, definite plural diameterane or diametrane)
- a diameter
Swedish
Noun
diameter c
- (geometry) diameter
Declension
Anagrams
- meditera
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