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What is the noun for sector?

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sector
  1. section
  2. zone (designated area).
  3. (geometry) part of a circle, extending to the center
  4. (computing) 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. Synonyms:
  11. Examples:
    1. “The country's agricultural sector only contributes 15 percent to GDP.”
      “She worked in her parents'small grocery store in the Chinatown sector of Vancouver.”
      “This significant sector of students thus had known economic hardship, whether it occurred while they were growing up or while they were studying in the university.”
sectorial
  1. A sectorial, or carnassial, tooth.
sectorization
sectoring
  1. Division into sectors.
  2. Examples:
    1. “In addition, as with intramural expenditures, there is the problem of different sectoring, particularly in respect of higher education.”
      “Sonatrach has also entrusted several sectoring contracts: almost 25 compression and pumping stations.”
      “Newly affected trees show sectoring of symptoms, whereas trees which have been affected for a period of time show the variegated chlorosis throughout the canopy.”
sectorizations
  1. plural of sectorization
sectorings
  1. plural of sectoring
sectorials
  1. plural of sectorial
sectors
  1. plural of sector
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Chromosome loss is indicated by the production of aneuploid colonies that are small and may contain haploid sectors that spread in radial arrays.”
      “In the medical and pharmaceutical sectors, Amiloy 22 can be used to fabricate shaft bushings, bearings, piston rings, pump parts, and slide pads.”
      “He also said that subsidies in power, agriculture and other sectors also needed to be looked at afresh.”
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