Sector vs Scrap - What's the difference?
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section
zone (designated area).
(geometry) part of a circle, extending to the center
(computing) fixed-sized unit (traditionally 512 bytes) of sequential data stored on a track of a digital medium (compare to block)
(military) an area designated by boundaries within which a unit operates, and for which it is responsible
(military) one of the subdivisions of a coastal frontier
(science fiction) a fictional region of space designated for navigational or governance purposes; for instance, ,
(calculation) an instrument consisting of two rulers of equal length joined by a hinge
a field of economic activity
*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-28, author=(Joris Luyendijk)
, volume=189, issue=3, page=21, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
, title= A (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.
* De Quincey
(usually, in the plural) Leftover food.
Discarded material (especially metal), junk.
(ethnic slur, offensive) A Hispanic criminal, especially a Mexican or one affiliated to the Norte gang.
The crisp substance that remains after drying out animal fat.
To discard.
(of a project or plan) To stop working on indefinitely.
To scrapbook; to create scrapbooks.
To dispose of at a scrapyard.
To make into scrap.
to fight
Sector is a related term of scrap.
As nouns the difference between sector and scrap
is that sector is section while scrap is a (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion or scrap can be a fight, tussle, skirmish.As a verb scrap is
to discard or scrap can be to fight.sector
English
(wikipedia sector)Noun
(en noun)W
Our banks are out of control, passage=Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic who still resists the idea that something drastic needs to happen for him to turn his life around. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. When a series of bank failures made this impossible, there was widespread anger, leading to the public humiliation of symbolic figures.}}
Derived terms
* subsector * boot sector * private sector * public sector * state sectorSee also
* area of influence * boot block * zone of actionAnagrams
* * * * * * * ----scrap
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) scrappe, from (etyl) skrap, fromNoun
(en noun)- I have no materials — not a scrap .
- I found a scrap of cloth to patch the hole.
- Give the scraps to the dogs and watch them fight.
- That car isn't good for anything but scrap .
- pork scraps