Sector vs. Segment

Sector vs. Segment — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Sector and Segment

Sectornoun

section

Segmentnoun

A length of some object.

a segment of rope

Sectornoun

zone (designated area).

Segmentnoun

One of the parts into which any body naturally separates or is divided; a part divided or cut off; a section; a portion.

a segment of an orange;a segment of a compound or divided leaf

Sectornoun

(geometry) part of a circle, extending to the center

Segmentnoun

(mathematics) A portion.

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Sectornoun

(computing) fixed-sized unit (traditionally 512 bytes) of sequential data stored on a track of a digital medium (compare to block)

Segmentnoun

A straight path between two points that is the shortest distance between them.

Sectornoun

(military) an area designated by boundaries within which a unit operates, and for which it is responsible

Segmentnoun

(geometry) The part of a circle between its circumference and a chord (usually other than the diameter).

Sectornoun

(military) one of the subdivisions of a coastal frontier

Segmentnoun

(geometry) The part of a sphere cut off by a plane.

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Sectornoun

(science fiction) a fictional region of space designated for navigational or governance purposes.

Segmentnoun

(topology) Any of the pieces that constitute an order tree.

Sectornoun

(calculation) an instrument consisting of two rulers of equal length joined by a hinge.

Segmentnoun

(science) A portion.

Sectornoun

a field of economic activity

public sector;private sector

Segmentnoun

(phonology) A discrete unit of speech: a consonant or a vowel.

Sectornoun

(engineering) A toothed gear whose face is the arc of a circle.

Segmentnoun

(botany) A portion of an organ whose cells are derived from a single cell within the primordium from which the organ developed.

Sectornoun

a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle

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.

Sectornoun

a body of people who form part of society or economy;

the public sector

Segmentnoun

(broadcasting) A part of a broadcast program, devoted to a topic.

The news showed a segment on global warming.

Sectornoun

a particular aspect of life or activity;

he was helpless in an important sector of his life

Segmentnoun

(computing) An Ethernet bus.

Sectornoun

the minimum track length that can be assigned to store information; unless otherwise specified a sector of data consists of 512 bytes

Segmentnoun

(computing) A region of memory or a fragment of an executable file designated to contain a particular part of a program.

Sectornoun

a portion of a military position

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.

Sectornoun

measuring instrument consisting of two graduated arms hinged at one end

Segmentnoun

(heraldry) A bearing representing only one part of a rounded object.

Segmentverb

(ambitransitive) To divide into segments or sections.

Segment the essay by topic.

Segmentnoun

one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object;

a section of a fishing rodmetal sections were used below groundfinished the final segment of the road

Segmentnoun

one of the parts into which something naturally divides;

a segment of an orange

Segmentverb

divide into segments;

segment an orangesegment a compound word

Segmentverb

divide or split up;

The cells segmented