Index of English words, starting with "se"

(1) - Sectional (a.) Consisting of sections, or capable of being divided into sections; as, a sectional steam boiler.
(2) - Sectional (a.) Of or pertaining to a sections or distinct part of larger body or territory; local.

(1) - Sectionalism (n.) A disproportionate regard for the interests peculiar to a section of the country; local patriotism, as distinguished from national.

(1) - Sectionally (adv.) In a sectional manner.

(1) - Sector (n.) 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.
(2) - Sector (n.) 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.
(3) - Sector (n.) A part of a circle comprehended between two radii and the included arc.