sector

Universal Words noun 1 a part of an area of activity, especially of a country's economy: the manufacturing sector * service-sector jobs (= in hotels, restaurants, etc.) seealsoTHEPRIVATESECTOR, THEPUBLICSECTOR 2 a part of a particular area, especially an area under military control: each sector of the search / war zone 3 (geometry) a part of a circle lying between two straight lines drawn from the centre to the edge