Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

subsector

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.97 in modern English

Syllables: sub-sec-tor
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sector (section, zone) of a larger sector.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- Latin sectorbor. English sector English subsector From sub- + sector.

Inflected Forms

subsectors (plural)

Derived Forms

subsectoral

Questions

What does subsector mean?: A sector (section, zone) of a larger sector.
Where does subsector come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- Latin sectorbor. English sector English subsector From sub- + sector.

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