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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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piece
English
Alternative forms
- peece (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English pece, peece, peice, from Old French piece, from Late Latin petia, pettia, possibly from Gaulish *petty?, from Proto-Celtic *k?esdis (“piece, portion”); doublet of English fit, fytte, fytt (“musical piece, chapter”), Icelandic fit (“web”), German Fitze (“skein”), from Old High German *fitjâ. Compare Welsh peth, Breton pez (“thing”), Irish cuid. Compare French pièce, Portuguese peça, Spanish pieza.
Pronunciation
- enPR: p?s, IPA(key): /pi?s/
- Rhymes: -i?s
- Homophone: peace
Noun
piece (plural pieces)
- A part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts.
- A single item belonging to a class of similar items
- (chess) One of the figures used in playing chess, specifically a higher-value figure as distinguished from a pawn; by extension, a similar counter etc. in other games.
- 1959, Hans Kmoch, Pawn Power in Chess, I:
- Pawns, unlike pieces, move only in one direction: forward.
- 1959, Hans Kmoch, Pawn Power in Chess, I:
- A coin, especially one valued at less than the principal unit of currency.
- a sixpenny piece
- An artistic creation, such as a painting, sculpture, musical composition, literary work, etc.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:musical composition
- An article published in the press.
- (military) An artillery gun.
- 1743, Robert Drury, The Pleasant, and Surprizing Adventures of Mr. Robert Drury, during his Fifteen Years Captivity on the Island of Madagascar, London, p. 55,[1]
- […] all our Ammunition was spent. Those of us who had Money made Slugs of it; their next Shift was to take the middle Screws out of their Guns, and charge their Pieces with them.
- 1743, Robert Drury, The Pleasant, and Surprizing Adventures of Mr. Robert Drury, during his Fifteen Years Captivity on the Island of Madagascar, London, p. 55,[1]
- (US, colloquial) A gun.
- (US, Canada, colloquial, short for hairpiece) A toupee or wig, especially when worn by a man.
- (Scotland, Ireland, Britain, US, dialectal) A slice or other quantity of bread, eaten on its own; a sandwich or light snack.
- 2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin 2009, page 46:
- My grannie came and gived them all a piece and jam and cups of water then I was to bring them back out to the street and play a game.
- 2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin 2009, page 46:
- (US, colloquial, vulgar) A sexual encounter; from piece of ass or piece of tail.
- (US, colloquial, mildly vulgar, short for piece of crap/piece of shit) A shoddy or worthless object (usually applied to consumer products like vehicles or appliances).
- (US, slang) A cannabis pipe.
- (baseball, uncountable) Used to describe a pitch that has been hit but not well, usually either being caught by the opposing team or going foul. Usually used in the past tense with get.
- (dated, sometimes derogatory) An individual; a person.
- c. 1579, Philip Sidney, The Defense of Poesy
- If I had not been a piece of a logician before I came to him.
- 1825, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Aid to Reflection
- His own spirit is as unsettled a piece as there is in all the world.
- c. 1579, Philip Sidney, The Defense of Poesy
- (obsolete) A castle; a fortified building.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Spenser to this entry?)
- (US) A pacifier; a dummy.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pacifier
- (colloquial) A distance.
- (rowing) A structured practice row, often used for performance evaluation.
- An amount of work to be done at one time; a unit of piece work.
Usage notes
When used as a baseball term, the term is figurative in that the baseball is almost never broken into pieces. It is rare in modern baseball for the cover of a baseball to even partially tear loose. In professional baseball, several new, not previously played baseballs are used in each game.
It could be argued that the phrase was never meant (not even metaphorically) to refer to breaking the ball into pieces, and that "get a piece of the ball" means the bat contacts only a small area of the ball - in other words, that the ball is hit off-center. In that case "get" would mean "succeed in hitting", not "obtain".
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:piece
Derived terms
Descendants
- Sranan Tongo: pisi
- ? Finnish: biisi
- ? Japanese: ??? (p?su)
Translations
See also
- chunk
- bit
- peace
Verb
piece (third-person singular simple present pieces, present participle piecing, simple past and past participle pieced)
- (transitive, usually with together) To assemble (something real or figurative).
- His adversaries […] pieced themselves together in a joint opposition against him.
- To make, enlarge, or repair, by the addition of a piece or pieces; to patch; often with out.
- (slang) To produce a work of graffiti more complex than a tag.
Derived terms
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French piece, from Vulgar Latin *pettia, from Gaulish *petty?, from Proto-Celtic *k?esdis (“piece, portion”).
Noun
piece f (plural pieces)
- piece, bit, part
- moment (duration of time)
Descendants
- French: pièce
- ? Danish: pjece
- ? Northern Kurdish: piyes
- ? Norwegian:
- Norwegian Bokmål: piece
- ? Romanian: pies?
- ? Russian: ?????? (p?jésa)
- ? Kazakh: ????? (p?esa)
- ? Swedish: pjäs
- ? Yiddish: ??????? (pyese)
- Norman: pièche (Jersey)
References
- piece on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
Old French
Alternative forms
- pece
Etymology
From Late Latin pettia, from Gaulish *petty?, from Proto-Celtic *k?esdis (“piece, portion”).
Noun
piece f (oblique plural pieces, nominative singular piece, nominative plural pieces)
- piece, bit, part
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
- Que del hiaume une piece tranche.
- It cuts a piece off his helmet
- Que del hiaume une piece tranche.
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
Descendants
- Middle French: piece
- French: pièce
- ? Danish: pjece
- ? Northern Kurdish: piyes
- ? Norwegian:
- Norwegian Bokmål: piece
- ? Romanian: pies?
- ? Russian: ?????? (p?jésa)
- ? Kazakh: ????? (p?esa)
- ? Swedish: pjäs
- ? Yiddish: ??????? (pyese)
- Norman: pièche (Jersey)
- French: pièce
- Walloon: pîce
- ? Middle English: pece, pese, pesse, peace, pease, peise, pice, pise, piece, piese, pecche
- English: piece
- Sranan Tongo: pisi
- ? Finnish: biisi
- ? Japanese: ??? (p?su)
- Yola: peece
- ? Middle Irish: pissa
- Irish: píosa
- ? Scottish Gaelic: pìos
- English: piece
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p??.t?s?/
Noun
piece m inan
- inflection of piec:
- nominative plural
- accusative plural
- vocative plural
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