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Meaning of sector

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  sector
      n 1: a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of
           a circle
      2: a social group that forms part of the society or the economy;
         "the public sector"
      3: a particular aspect of life or activity; "he was helpless in
         an important sector of his life" [syn: {sector}, {sphere}]
      4: the minimum track length that can be assigned to store
         information; unless otherwise specified a sector of data
         consists of 512 bytes
      5: a portion of a military position
      6: measuring instrument consisting of two graduated arms hinged
         at one end

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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