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Sector
n.
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A part of a circle comprehended between two radii and the included arc.
Sector
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A mathematical instrument, consisting of two rulers connected at one end by a joint, each arm marked with several scales, as of equal parts, chords, sines, tangents, etc., one scale of each kind on each arm, and all on lines radiating from the common center of motion. The sector is used for plotting, etc., to any scale.
Sector
n.
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An astronomical instrument, the limb of which embraces a small portion only of a circle, used for measuring differences of declination too great for the compass of a micrometer. When it is used for measuring zenith distances of stars, it is called a zenith sector.
Sectoral
a.
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Of or pertaining to a sector; as, a sectoral circle.
Sectorial
a.
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Adapted for cutting.
Sectorial
n.
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A sectorial, or carnassial, tooth.
Secular
a.
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Coming or observed once in an age or a century.
Secular
a.
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Pertaining to an age, or the progress of ages, or to a long period of time; accomplished in a long progress of time; as, secular inequality; the secular refrigeration of the globe.
Secular
a.
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Of or pertaining to this present world, or to things not spiritual or holy; relating to temporal as distinguished from eternal interests; not immediately or primarily respecting the soul, but the body; worldly.
Secular
a.
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Not regular; not bound by monastic vows or rules; not confined to a monastery, or subject to the rules of a religious community; as, a secular priest.
Secular
a.
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Belonging to the laity; lay; not clerical.
Secular
n.
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A secular ecclesiastic, or one not bound by monastic rules.
Secular
n.
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A church official whose functions are confined to the vocal department of the choir.
Secular
n.
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A layman, as distinguished from a clergyman.
Secularism
n.
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The state or quality of being secular; a secular spirit; secularity.
Secularism
n.
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The tenets or principles of the secularists.
Secularist
n.
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One who theoretically rejects every form of religious faith, and every kind of religious worship, and accepts only the facts and influences which are derived from the present life; also, one who believes that education and other matters of civil policy should be managed without the introduction of a religious element.
Secularity
n.
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Supreme attention to the things of the present life; worldliness.
Secularization
n.
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The act of rendering secular, or the state of being rendered secular; conversion from regular or monastic to secular; conversion from religious to lay or secular possession and uses; as, the secularization of church property.
Secularized
imp. & p. p.
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of Secularize
Secularizing
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Secularize
Secularize
v. t.
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To convert from regular or monastic into secular; as, to secularize a priest or a monk.
Secularize
v. t.
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To convert from spiritual or common use; as, to secularize a church, or church property.
Secularize
v. t.
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To make worldly or unspiritual.
Secularly
adv.
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In a secular or worldly manner.
Secularness
n.
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The quality or state of being secular; worldliness; worldly-minded-ness.
Secund
a.
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Arranged on one side only, as flowers or leaves on a stalk.
Secundate
v. t.
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To make prosperous.
Secundation
n.
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Prosperity.
Secundine
n.
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The second coat, or integument, of an ovule, lying within the primine.