sector

Definition

• n. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle
• n. a social group that forms part of the society or the economy
• n. a particular aspect of life or activity
• n. the minimum track length that can be assigned to store information; unless otherwise specified a sector of data consists of 512 bytes

Word forms

Plural

sectors

Example sentences

1. n.

   The technology sector is growing rapidly and creating many new jobs.

2. vt.

   The teacher asked us to sector the pie chart into equal parts.

3. n.

   Each sector of the hard drive stores different types of information.