segunda-feira, 2 de julho de 2012

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sector   Audio Pronunciation   /ˈsɛktɚ/   noun [count]
(setor)

 
plural sectors
 
MEANING
 
1 : an area of an economy a part of an economy that includes certain kinds of jobs • the industrial/agricultural/service sector

2 : an area for which someone (such as a military commander) is responsible • He was assigned to the northern sector.

computers one of the parts that a computer disk is divided into • Data is stored on the disk in 512-byte sectors.
 
geometry : an area in a circle that lies between two straight lines drawn from the center of the circle to the edge of the circle • a 90-degree sector

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