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sublibrary

sublibrary noun: a library forming part of a larger library.

Noun

sublibrary (plural sublibraries)

  1. A library forming part of a larger library.
    • A library of skeleton descriptions is composed of skeleton descriptions with a sublibrary of words and phrases that can be used to fill the gaps in the skeleton descriptions.1976, R. J. Alvey, Computers in Quantity Surveying, page 73
  2. A subset of a combinatorial library (collection of compounds generated using combinatorial chemistry)

Forms of sublibrary

pluralsublibraries
alternative formsub-library

Origin of sublibrary

From sub- + library.

Questions about sublibrary

What does sublibrary mean?
Sublibrary means a library forming part of a larger library.
What part of speech is sublibrary?
Sublibrary is a noun.
What is the plural of sublibrary?
The plural of sublibrary is sublibraries.

Words near sublibrary in the dictionary

  1. sublexicon
  2. sublexicons
  3. sublibrarian
  4. sublibrarians
  5. sublibraries
  6. sublibrary
  7. sublicence
  8. sublicences
  9. sublicensable
  10. sublicense
  11. sublicensed

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