sector
English Thesaurus
1. measuring instrument consisting of two graduated arms hinged at one end (noun.artifact)
2. a particular aspect of life or activity (noun.cognition)
hypernym | : | aspect, facet, |
definition | : | a distinct feature or element in a problem (noun.cognition) |
hyponym | : | department, |
definition | : | a specialized sphere of knowledge (noun.cognition) |
3. a social group that forms part of the society or the economy (noun.group)
hypernym | : | social group, |
definition | : | people sharing some social relation (noun.group) |
hyponym | : | black economy, |
definition | : | a hidden sector of the economy where private cash transactions go unreported (noun.group) |
part meronym | : | society, |
definition | : | an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization (noun.group) |
part meronym | : | economic system, economy, |
definition | : | the system of production and distribution and consumption (noun.group) |
4. a portion of a military position (noun.location)
5. the minimum track length that can be assigned to store information; unless otherwise specified a sector of data consists of 512 bytes (noun.quantity)
part meronym | : | block, |
definition | : | (computer science) a sector or group of sectors that function as the smallest data unit permitted (noun.quantity) |
part meronym | : | allocation unit, |
definition | : | a group of sectors on a magnetic disk that can be reserved for the use of a particular file (noun.quantity) |
6. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle (noun.shape)
part holonym | : | arc, |
definition | : | a continuous portion of a circle (noun.shape) |
derivation | : | sectorial, |
definition | : | relating to or resembling a sector (adj.pert) |
derivation | : | sectorial, |
definition | : | relating to or resembling a sector (adj.pert) |
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