sectorizationn.
/ˌsɛktərʌɪˈzeɪʃən/ rare.
Division into sectors; administration or operation on the basis of sectors or local divisions.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > [noun] > division into zones or sectors
zoninga1821
sectorization1962
1962 Flight Ińternational LXXXII. 479/1 Traffic growth in recent years has increased the pressure on both pilots and controllers, especially in the sphere of voice communications, so that means have had to be found to reduce their workload. Various alleviating possibilities have been tested, such as ‘sectorization’, but they in turn usually introduce new difficulties.
1976 Social Psychiatry XI. 27 Sectorization of the psychiatric care, which means that all psychiatric care within a geographical area should be under a common management.
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