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subfunction

noun

Etymology

From sub- + function.

  1. derived from *bʰewg-✻
  2. derived from functiō — “performance, execution”
  3. derived from fonction
  4. borrowed from function
  5. prefixed as subfunction — “sub + function”

Definitions

  1. A secondary or subsidiary function.

    • “Lost” is certainly to be granted its points for its subfunction as a soap opera this season.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for subfunction. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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