Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In anatomy and zoology, adapted for cutting, as a tooth; carnassial: specifically said of a specialized molar or premolar, as the flesh-tooth of a carnivore: not said of incisors.
  • In mathematics, of or relating to a sector.
  • noun A sectorial tooth; a flesh-tooth; a scissor-tooth.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Anat.) Adapted for cutting.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective anatomy Adapted for cutting
  • adjective Of or pertaining to sectors
  • noun A sectorial, or carnassial, tooth.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective relating to or resembling a sector

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Examples

  • High levels of inequality in income contribute to sectorial imbalances, regional disparities and asset bubble inflation.

    We can't afford the costs of bosses' crazy unearned pay | Deborah Hargreaves 2011

  • Many MENA countries are active in trying to better manage risks, but these are often local or sectorial approaches only; to benefit from economies of scale they ought to be integrated into a coherent national strategy for risk management.

    Erwann Michel-Kerjan: MENA Countries Need to Foster Their Risk Management Capabilities, But How? Erwann Michel-Kerjan 2010

  • Alongside the Salone Internazionale del Mobile, now in its 48th edition, together with the International Furnishing Accessories Exhibition this year will be Euroluce, the eagerly-awaited International Lighting Exhibition that sets the sectorial benchmark with its wide range and broad spectrum of goods that go to make up a unique lighting sector scenario – from light sources to domestic lighting, from technical illumination to urban illumination – embracing both technological and formal innovation.

    Jason Sahler | Inhabitat 2009

  • Many MENA countries are active in trying to better manage risks, but these are often local or sectorial approaches only; to benefit from economies of scale they ought to be integrated into a coherent national strategy for risk management.

    Erwann Michel-Kerjan: MENA Countries Need to Foster Their Risk Management Capabilities, But How? Erwann Michel-Kerjan 2010

  • "The [Australian] market at the moment is not particularly sectorial," said Andrew Sekely, director of equities at Intersuisse.

    Asia Tech Stocks Up on Apple Gains 2010

  • Haaretz newspaper defined this Knesset as a "bad" one: "In both words and actions the MKs are undermining democracy's fundamental values, making cynical, cheap use of parliamentary tools, dragging Israeli society to sectorial disputes and separatism, and isolating Israel from the world."

    Avraham Burg: American Jews, You Are Next 2010

  • Haaretz newspaper defined this Knesset as a "bad" one: "In both words and actions the MKs are undermining democracy's fundamental values, making cynical, cheap use of parliamentary tools, dragging Israeli society to sectorial disputes and separatism, and isolating Israel from the world."

    Avraham Burg: American Jews, You Are Next 2010

  • In Informe de la reunión de la comisión técnica sectorial binacional de recursos naturales, Proyecto Binacional de Manejo y Conservación de la Reserva de la Biósfera La Amistad Costa Rica-Panamá.

    Talamancan montane forests 2010

  • To them Mizrahi feminists seemed sectorial, their strategy influenced by clannish values rather than by a liberal “universalist” value system.

    Mizrahi Feminism in Israel. 2009

  • It should be pointed out that sectorial customs did not usually affect halakhic literature in the way that local customs did.

    Observance of Mitzvot: Custom and Halakhah. 2009

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