different between subdivision vs sector

English

Etymology

From sub- +? division.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?bd?v???n/

Noun

subdivision (countable and uncountable, plural subdivisions)

1. (countable, uncountable) A division into smaller pieces of something that has already been divided.
2. (countable) Such a piece that has been divided.

   Work on one subdivision at a time.

3. (countable) A parcel of land that has been divided into lots.
4. (countable) A group of houses created by the same builder or in the same general area.

   They're putting in a new subdivision out past Black Ranch Road.

5. (Philippines) A gated community.
   • 1999, Vicente L. Rafael, Figures of Criminality in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Colonial Vietnam, SEAP Publications (?ISBN), page 81:

     ... By the 1970s, cattle rustling had fallen by the wayside, as tractors replaced carabaos and industrial estates and residential subdivisions supplanted rice fields as the mainstays of Cavite's suburban northern towns.

   • 2014, Rodelio B. Carating, Raymundo G. Galanta, Clarita D. Bacatio, The Soils of the Philippines, Springer Science & Business (?ISBN), page 51:

     As the farms give way to the residential subdivisions and industrial estates, the centuries-old traditional Filipino houses, slightly raised above grounds and standing on stilts, are abandoned in the quest for more living space.

Derived terms

• subdiv.

Translations

Verb

subdivision (third-person singular simple present subdivisions, present participle subdivisioning, simple past and past participle subdivisioned)

1. (uncommon) To separate something into smaller pieces.

Translations

French

Noun

subdivision f (plural subdivisions)

1. subdivision

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sector.

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: s?k't?r, IPA^(key): /?s?k.t??/
• Rhymes: -?kt?(?)

Noun

sector (plural sectors)

1. section
2. zone (designated area).
3. (geometry) part of a circle, extending to the center
4. (computer hardware) fixed-sized unit (traditionally 512 bytes) of sequential data stored on a track of a digital medium (compare to block)
5. (military) an area designated by boundaries within which a unit operates, and for which it is responsible
6. (military) one of the subdivisions of a coastal frontier
7. (science fiction) a fictional region of space designated for navigational or governance purposes.
8. (calculation) an instrument consisting of two rulers of equal length joined by a hinge.
9. a field of economic activity

10. (engineering) A toothed gear whose face is the arc of a circle.
11. (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)

1. 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)

1. 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

2. One who cuts or cuts off, cutter.
3. 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

2. I follow continually, attend, accompany.
3. I follow after, pursue, chase.
4. 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)

1. Alternative form of setor

Romanian

Etymology

From French secteur, from Latin sector.

Noun

sector n (plural sectoare)

1. sector

Declension

Spanish

Noun

sector m (plural sectores)

1. section
2. zone
3. branch

Derived terms