Sector and Unit

Sector

Sector noun - A particular aspect of life or activity.

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Unit and sector are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Unit" instead a noun "Sector".

Nearby Words: section, sectored, sectoral, sectoring

Unit noun - A single undivided whole.

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Sector and unit are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Sector" instead a noun "Unit".

Nearby Word: unitary

human	human sector	human unit
full	full sector	full unit
special	special sector	special unit
particular	particular sector	particular unit
Other adjectives: specific, single, small, entire, large, new, dedicated, military, last, different, nearby, soviet, playable.

The best example of this comes from Dawn of War 2, where a Combat Patrol sized unit of chapter veterans was able to hold off a sector wide Tyranid invasion by striking at key targets while a relief force was dispatched.

Source: Literature / Blood Ravens
Deconstructed in Transformers when Lennox, Epps, and the other Army Rangers refuse to take orders from the Sector 7 agents because their unit does not officially exist.

Source: No Such Agency
If you jump to a node that the Rebels have either reached or completely taken over, you'll be faced with a ship that's disproportionately powerful for the sector, and defeating it will only yield one unit of fuel to jump to the next node.

Source: Video Game / FTL: Faster Than Light

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