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sector - a social group that forms part of the society or the economy; "the public sector" |
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social group people sharing some social relation
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society an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization
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economic system,
economy an act of economizing; reduction in cost; "it was a small economy to walk to work every day"; "there was a saving of 50 cents"
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business,
business sector incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect; "his business with the cane was hilarious"
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black economy a hidden sector of the economy where private cash transactions go unreported; "no one knows how large the black economy really is"
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sector - a portion of a military position |
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parcel,
parcel of land,
piece of ground,
piece of land,
tract the allotment of some amount by dividing something; "death gets more than its share of attention from theologians"
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battlefield,
battleground,
field,
field of battle,
field of honor a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought; "they made a tour of Civil War battlefields"
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armed forces,
armed services,
military,
military machine,
war machine the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"
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sector - the minimum track length that can be assigned to store information; unless otherwise specified a sector of data consists of 512 bytes |
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computer memory unit a unit for measuring computer memory
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block a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides); "the pyramids were built with large stone blocks"
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allocation unit a group of sectors on a magnetic disk that can be reserved for the use of a particular file
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sector - a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle |
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plane figure,
two-dimensional figure a two-dimensional shape
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arc a continuous portion of a circle
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sector - a particular aspect of life or activity; "he was helpless in an important sector of his life" |
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sphere |
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aspect,
facet a characteristic to be considered
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department a specialized sphere of knowledge; "baking is not my department"; "his work established a new department of literature"
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sector - measuring instrument consisting of two graduated arms hinged at one end |
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measuring device,
measuring instrument,
measuring system instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something
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