divider vs sector

divider

noun
  • A device resembling a drawing compass and used to transfer measurements of length. 

  • A physical object for dividing up a space. 

  • A piece of card placed in a ring binder to separate groups of documents. 

  • An electronic device for separating a signal, frequency, etc., into two or more parts. 

  • One who or that which divides or separates. 

  • The median (US) or central reservation (UK) of a highway or other road where traffic in opposite directions are kept separated. 

sector

noun
  • A toothed gear whose face is the arc of a circle. 

  • section 

  • a fictional region of space designated for navigational or governance purposes. 

  • a field of economic activity 

  • A fixed, continuous section of the track, such that sectors do not overlap but all sectors make up the whole track. 

  • part of a circle, extending to the center; circular sector 

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

  • zone (designated area). 

  • one of the subdivisions of a coastal frontier 

  • an instrument consisting of two rulers of equal length joined by a hinge. 

  • An area of a crag, consisting of various routes 

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

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