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subline

subline noun: a subset of a line (of cells in a strain).

Noun

subline (plural sublines)

  1. A subset of a line (of cells in a strain)
  2. (occasionally) A subheadline (a tagline).

Forms of subline

pluralsublines

Origin of subline

From sub- + line.

Questions about subline

What does subline mean?
Subline means a subset of a line (of cells in a strain).
What part of speech is subline?
Subline is a noun.
What is the plural of subline?
The plural of subline is sublines.

Words near subline in the dictionary

  1. sublimize
  2. sublimized
  3. sublimizes
  4. sublimizing
  5. sublimnic
  6. subline
  7. sublineage
  8. sublineages
  9. sublinear
  10. sublinearities
  11. sublinearity

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