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τομέας
sector /toˈmeas/
nounA2#871 most common
Also: field, area/domain, sector (of a circle)
Example sentences
Ο τομέας μου είναι η τεχνολογία.
My field is technology.
Δουλεύει στον τομέα του τουρισμού.
She works in the tourism sector.
Η εταιρεία επεκτείνεται σε νέους τομείς.
The company is expanding into new sectors.
Ο δημόσιος τομέας απασχολεί χιλιάδες υπαλλήλους.
The public sector employs thousands of workers.
Στον τομέα της έρευνας, η χώρα έχει σημειώσει σημαντική πρόοδο.
In the field of research, the country has made significant progress.
Η εμβέλεια των μεταρρυθμίσεων εκτείνεται σε όλους τους τομείς της δημόσιας διοίκησης.
The scope of the reforms extends to all sectors of public administration.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τομέας | τομείς |
| Genitive | τομέα | τομέων |
| Accusative | τομέα | τομείς |
| Vocative | τομέα | τομείς |
Word family
τομήcut, incision, section
τέμνωto cut, to intersect (formal/geometry)
τμήμαsection, department, segmentτομεάρχηςsector head, section chief
υποτομέαςsubsector, subfield
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τομεύς 'cutter, knife; (geometry) sector', a noun built on the aorist stem τομ- of τέμνω 'to cut' with the agent/instrument suffix -εύς (modern -έας). The modern sense 'sector, field, domain' is a metaphorical extension: a τομέας is a portion 'cut off' from a larger whole. It shares its root with τόμος ('tome'), άτομο ('atom', the un-cuttable) and ανατομία ('anatomy').
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