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subcolumn

subcolumn noun: a column making up part of a larger column or supercolumn.

Noun

subcolumn (plural subcolumns)

  1. A column making up part of a larger column or supercolumn.
    • Now divide D into subcolumns and assume that radiation flows through each subcolumn independently of all other subcolumns[…]2007, Alex A. Kokhanovsky, Light Scattering Reviews: Remote sensing and inverse problems, page 10

Forms of subcolumn

pluralsubcolumns

Origin of subcolumn

From sub- + column.

Questions about subcolumn

What does subcolumn mean?
Subcolumn means a column making up part of a larger column or supercolumn.
What part of speech is subcolumn?
Subcolumn is a noun.
What is the plural of subcolumn?
The plural of subcolumn is subcolumns.

Words near subcolumn in the dictionary

  1. subcollegiate
  2. subcollicular
  3. subcolonial
  4. subcolonies
  5. subcolony
  6. subcolumn
  7. subcolumnar
  8. subcolumns
  9. subcomarca
  10. subcomb
  11. subcombed

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