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Swedish
Etymology
trång (“narrow”) + sektor (“sector”), used since at least 1947 when a book titled Den trånga sektorn by Torsten Tegnér was published.
Noun
trång sektor c
- a bottleneck (in the abstract sense), a scarce resource
Usage notes
- A similar construct, trång sektion, is often used in a non-abstract sense, i.e. a physically narrow part of a road, e.g. "I vissa trånga sektioner kan en betongmur användas, skriver konsulterna."
Declension
Declension of trång sektor
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