sector — meaning in English

English meaning

• industry noun A particular branch of economic or commercial activity, such as manufacturing or a specific trade.
• sector noun A distinct part or division of something larger, especially an area of economic or social activity.

Senses

sector is used for these senses in English:

• industry (countable, business, economics) Businesses of the same type, considered as a whole. Trade.
• sector A field of economic activity.

industry — full definition

1. noun A particular branch of economic or commercial activity, such as manufacturing or a specific trade.
2. noun Businesses that manufacture goods, considered as a whole, as opposed to services.
3. noun Steady, hard-working effort or diligence.

sector — full definition

1. noun A distinct part or division of something larger, especially an area of economic or social activity.
2. noun A designated area or zone, especially a military or administrative district.
3. noun In geometry, a pie-slice-shaped part of a circle bounded by two radii and the arc between them.
4. noun A fixed-size block of data on a disk, traditionally 512 bytes, that forms part of a track.

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