sector
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: sĕk'tər
ipa: /ˈsɛk.təɹ/
ipa: /ˈsɛk.tɚ/
ipa: /ˈsɛk.tɐ/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈsɛktə(r)/
note: Indic
ipa: /sɛk.tɔ(r)/
note: father-bother merger
ipa: /sɛk.tɑ(r)/
rhymes: -ɛktə(ɹ)
Forms: form: sectors
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin sector.
Senses: glosses: A section.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A zone; a designated area.
An area designated by boundaries within which a unit operates, and for which it is responsible.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A zone; a designated area.
One of the subdivisions of a coastal frontier.
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A zone; a designated area.
a fictional region of space designated for navigational or governance purposes.
examples: text: Shireroth shall not recognize the use of Sectors^([sic]) as a micronational geographic or cultural subdivision. Nor shall it reside in any sector. Nor shall any duchy or territory be considered a part of ANY sector unless the Duchy or Territory expressly grants permision^([sic]) to be considered in such sector.
ref: 2002 April 24, Kaiser Mors I, “Imperial Decree #13: Sectors.”, in Imperial Republic of Shireroth forums, archived from the original on 12 Sep 2024:
text: I'll also provide a list of all active citizens, I understand that in the past this has been hard due to lack of updates of the necessary links but as someone said not so long ago the CIS sector is in more of a flux than other sectors - bar Lovely 😉
ref: 2006 December 12, Sepatarist, “CIS Disscussion”, in Micronational Cartography Society, archived from the original on 12 Sep 2024:
text: What are your opinions about this practice? Does it have a parallel outside the lusophone sector? Do you know of other stories other than YUGA? Does this mean micronationalism is changing? Is it good, bad, or irrelevant?
ref: 2009 July 16, claudre [Claudio de Castro], “Micronations with names of Macronations”, in List of Micronations Forum:
text: Very interesting read. Love it, and very inspiring. I hope this will be good for nations. I am planning in a thing like this for the MicroWiki sector, and MicroWikia sector, so this is a good model.
ref: 2012 September 29, H.A Gov, “Re: University of Directus Releases Historic Study”, in Micras forums:
text: This is not a sector where micronations come together, it is a cesspool where the most toxic elements of micronationalism gather to engage in drama. I plan on having much stricter rules than this sector and several people to report abuse or immature activity to, rather than just the shoddy rules and rule enforcement and one semi-active admin here.
ref: 2021 March 13, “Leaving For Greener Pastures”, in r/micronations, Reddit:
glosses: A zone; a designated area.
A community or subculture within the wider intermicronational community.
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Part of a circle, extending to the center; circular sector.
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A portion of a sphere or ball defined by a conical boundary with apex at the center of the sphere.
topics: computer-hardware
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
coordinate_terms: block
glosses: A fixed-sized unit (traditionally 512 bytes) of sequential data stored on a track of a digital medium.
qualifier: calculation
glosses: An instrument consisting of two rulers of equal length joined by a hinge.
examples: text: Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic who still resists the idea that something drastic needs to happen for him to turn his life around. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. When a series of bank failures made this impossible, there was widespread anger, leading to the public humiliation of symbolic figures.
ref: 2013 June 28, Joris Luyendijk, “Our banks are out of control”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 3, page 21:
text: public sector; private sector
glosses: A field of economic activity.
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A toothed gear whose face is the arc of a circle.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
motor-racing
racing
sports
glosses: A fixed, continuous section of the track, such that sectors do not overlap but all sectors make up the whole track.
topics: climbing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: An area of a crag, consisting of various routes
Derived terms: boot sector
circle sector
cylinder-head-sector
dark sector
dip sector
dual-sector model
hard sector
hyperbolic sector
light sector
married sector
minimum sector altitude
primary sector
private sector
private-sector
public sector
public-sector
quaternary sector
quaternary sector of the economy
quinary sector
secondary sector
sectored
sector principle
soft sector
state sector
subsector
tertiary sector
third sector
weak sector
zenith sector
Related terms: sect
section
segment
area of influence
boot block
zone of action