sector

Significado de sector

n.

Setor, área.

n.

A part of a circle comprehended between two radii and the included arc.
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.
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

n.

plane figure generic term, two-dimensional figure generic term noun, body generic term noun, sphere, aspect generic term, facet generic term noun, computer memory unit generic term noun, tract generic term, piece of land generic term, piece of ground generic term, parcel of land generic term, parcel generic term noun, measuring instrument generic term, measuring system generic term, measuring device generic term

Vogais: eo

Consoantes: sctr

Palavras Parecidas

sectator, stor, sectary, sestuor, stoor, store, story, stour, sutor, suctoria.