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subsection

noun

Etymology

From sub- + section.

  1. derived from sectiō
  2. derived from section
  3. derived from seccioun
  4. formed as subsection — “sub- + section”

Definitions

  1. A defined part of a section.

    • To them, just being a webhead or computer geek is not enough. The culture has its own subsections […]

  2. A subpart of a legal document such as law.

    • In the end, the deadlock was resolved by a minor -- but for the National Party symbolically important -- addition to one of the other subsections of the language clause.

  3. An informal taxonomic category below section and above family.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A taxonomic rank below section and above species.

    2. To insert subsections (into some text, etc.)

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA