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submark

submark noun: a mark making up part of a larger mark.

Noun

submark (plural submarks)

  1. A mark making up part of a larger mark.
    • Figure 26.23(b) shows a mark that is itself composed of submarks. The mark is a line segment with four smaller line segments protruding from the ends.2007, Andrew Sears, Julie A. Jacko, The Human-Computer Interaction Handbook

Verb

submark (third-person singular simple present submarks, present participle submarking, simple past and past participle submarked)

  1. (transitive) To mark with a lesser or subsidiary mark.

Forms of submark

Noun
pluralsubmarks
Verb
third-person singular presentsubmarks
present participlesubmarking
past participlesubmarked
pastsubmarked

Origin of submark

From sub- + mark.

Questions about submark

What does submark mean?
Submark means a mark making up part of a larger mark.
What part of speech is submark?
Submark can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of submark?
The plural of submark is submarks.

Words near submark in the dictionary

  1. submarinist
  2. submarinists
  3. submaritime
  4. submarium
  5. submariums
  6. submark
  7. submarked
  8. submarket
  9. submarkets
  10. submarking
  11. submarkings

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