sectorial

[ sek-tawr-ee-uhl, -tohr- ]

adjective

1. of or relating to a sector.
2. Zoology. (of teeth) adapted for cutting; carnassial.

sectorial

/ sɛkˈtɔːrɪəl /

adjective

1. of or relating to a sector
2. zoology
   1. adapted for cutting

      the sectorial teeth of carnivores

   2. designating a vein in the wing of an insect that links certain branches of the radius vein

Other Words From

• nonsec·tori·al adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of sectorial¹

1795–1805; < New Latin sectōri ( us ) ( section, -tory ¹ ) + -al ¹

Example Sentences

Lower sectorial consisting of little more than the bilobed blade.

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The teeth are more sharply cusped, and the lower sectorial wants the inner tubercle.

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Lower sectorial large, with small heel and no inner tubercle.

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Lower sectorial with a broad, low, tuberculated heel, more than half the length of the whole tooth.

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Heel of lower sectorial very small, scarcely one-fourth of the whole length of the tooth, with but one cusp.

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