Sector vs. Segment
Sectornoun
section
Sectornoun
zone (designated area).
Sectornoun
(geometry) part of a circle, extending to the center
Sectornoun
(computing) fixed-sized unit (traditionally 512 bytes) of sequential data stored on a track of a digital medium (compare to block)
Sectornoun
(military) an area designated by boundaries within which a unit operates, and for which it is responsible
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(military) one of the subdivisions of a coastal frontier
Sectornoun
(science fiction) a fictional region of space designated for navigational or governance purposes.
Sectornoun
(calculation) an instrument consisting of two rulers of equal length joined by a hinge.
Sectornoun
a field of economic activity
Sectornoun
(engineering) A toothed gear whose face is the arc of a circle.
Sectornoun
A part of a circle comprehended between two radii and the included arc.
Sectornoun
A mathematical instrument, consisting of two rulers connected at one end by a joint, each arm marked with several scales, as of equal parts, chords, sines, tangents, etc., one scale of each kind on each arm, and all on lines radiating from the common center of motion. The sector is used for plotting, etc., to any scale.
Sectornoun
An astronomical instrument, the limb of which embraces a small portion only of a circle, used for measuring differences of declination too great for the compass of a micrometer. When it is used for measuring zenith distances of stars, it is called a zenith sector.
Sectornoun
a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle
Sectornoun
a body of people who form part of society or economy;
Sectornoun
a particular aspect of life or activity;
Sectornoun
the minimum track length that can be assigned to store information; unless otherwise specified a sector of data consists of 512 bytes
Sectornoun
a portion of a military position
Sectornoun
measuring instrument consisting of two graduated arms hinged at one end
Sectornoun
an area or portion that is distinct from others
Sectornoun
a distinct part or branch of a nation's economy or society or of a sphere of activity such as education
Sectornoun
a subdivision of an area for military operations.
Sectornoun
a subdivision of a track on a magnetic disk.
Sectornoun
the plane figure enclosed by two radii of a circle or ellipse and the arc between them.
Sectornoun
a mathematical instrument consisting of two arms hinged at one end and marked with sines, tangents, etc. for making diagrams.
Segmentnoun
A length of some object.
Segmentnoun
One of the parts into which any body naturally separates or is divided; a part divided or cut off; a section; a portion.
Segmentnoun
(mathematics) A portion.
Segmentnoun
A straight path between two points that is the shortest distance between them.
Segmentnoun
(geometry) The part of a circle between its circumference and a chord (usually other than the diameter).
Segmentnoun
(geometry) The part of a sphere cut off by a plane.
Segmentnoun
(topology) Any of the pieces that constitute an order tree.
Segmentnoun
(science) A portion.
Segmentnoun
(phonology) A discrete unit of speech: a consonant or a vowel.
Segmentnoun
(botany) A portion of an organ whose cells are derived from a single cell within the primordium from which the organ developed.
Segmentnoun
(zoology) One of several parts of an organism, with similar structure, arranged in a chain; such as a vertebra, or a third of an insect's thorax.
Segmentnoun
(broadcasting) A part of a broadcast program, devoted to a topic.
Segmentnoun
(computing) An Ethernet bus.
Segmentnoun
(computing) A region of memory or a fragment of an executable file designated to contain a particular part of a program.
Segmentnoun
(travel) A portion of an itinerary: it may be a flight or train between two cities, or a car or hotel booked in a particular city.
Segmentnoun
(heraldry) A bearing representing only one part of a rounded object.
Segmentverb
(ambitransitive) To divide into segments or sections.
Segmentnoun
One of the parts into which any body naturally separates or is divided; a part divided or cut off; a section; a portion; as, a segment of an orange; a segment of a compound or divided leaf.
Segmentnoun
A part cut off from a figure by a line or plane; especially, that part of a circle contained between a chord and an arc of that circle, or so much of the circle as is cut off by the chord; as, the segment acb in the Illustration.
Segmentnoun
A piece in the form of the sector of a circle, or part of a ring; as, the segment of a sectional fly wheel or flywheel rim.
Segmentnoun
One of the cells or division formed by segmentation, as in egg cleavage or in fissiparous cell formation.
Segmentverb
To divide or separate into parts in growth; to undergo segmentation, or cleavage, as in the segmentation of the ovum.
Segmentnoun
one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object;
Segmentnoun
one of the parts into which something naturally divides;
Segmentverb
divide into segments;
Segmentverb
divide or split up;
Segmentnoun
each of the parts into which something is or may be divided
Segmentnoun
a portion of time allocated to a particular broadcast item on radio or television
Segmentnoun
a part of a figure cut off by a line or plane intersecting it.
Segmentnoun
the part of a circle enclosed between an arc and a chord.
Segmentnoun
the part of a line included between two points.
Segmentnoun
the part of a sphere cut off by any plane not passing through the centre.
Segmentnoun
each of the series of similar anatomical units of which the body and appendages of some animals are composed, such as the visible rings of an earthworm's body.
Segmentnoun
the smallest distinct part of a spoken utterance, especially with regard to vowel and consonant sounds rather than stress or intonation.
Segmentverb
divide (something) into separate parts or sections
Segmentverb
divide into separate parts or sections
Segmentverb
(of a cell) undergo cleavage; divide into many cells.
