subsection
subsection noun: a defined part of a section.
Noun
subsection (plural subsections)
- A defined part of a section.
- To them, just being a webhead or computer geek is not enough. The culture has its own subsections […]2005, Leanne Newson, Jules Aldous, The Legal Maze: VCE Units 1 and 2, page 445
- There is experimental evidence showing that cortisol restrains the intensity and duration of the emergency reaction to stress, and catecholamines have been shown to enhance emotional memory in the amygdala (see subsection on "Noradrenaline"). Thus, individuals lacking cortisol would overstore...2006, Marcus Lira Brandão, Frederico Guilherme Graeff, Neurobiology of Mental Disorders, page 36
- A subpart of a legal document such as law.
- A provision of law may not be construed as requiring a new grant to be awarded to a specified non-Federal Government entity unless that provision of law (1) specifically refers to this subsection; specifically identifies the particular non-Federal Government entity involved; and (3) specifically...1994, Congress of the United States, United States Statutes at Large, volume 108, part 4
- 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.2003 Summer, Kristin Henrard, “Post-Apartheid South Africa: Transformation and Reconciliation”, in World Affairs, volume 166, number 1, page 37
- An informal taxonomic category below section and above family.
- A taxonomic rank below section and above species.
Verb
subsection (third-person singular simple present subsections, present participle subsectioning, simple past and past participle subsectioned)
subsection meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
subsection in Hindi
- a defined part of a section
- उपखंड upkhaṇḍ
- a subsection of a legal document such as law
- उपखंड upkhaṇḍ
subsection in Tamil
- உட்பிரிவு
subsection in Marathi
- subsection, subclause
- उपकलम upakalam
subsection in Bengali
- উপধারা, উপবিষয়, অনুবিভাগ
More languagesFewer languages
- subsection in Gujarati
- પેટાકલમ peṭāklam
- subsection in Indonesian
- subbagian
Examples of subsection in a sentence
- With these subsections, it is better to run their headings in.
- Xenopronouns are a subsection of neopronouns in which a different noun is used in place of a pronoun.
- "They may be of the wrong subsection," he suggests.
Forms of subsection
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | subsections |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | subsections |
| present participle | subsectioning |
| past participle | subsectioned |
| past | subsectioned |
Origin of subsection
From sub- + section.
Words formed from subsection
Questions about subsection
- What does subsection mean?
- Subsection means a defined part of a section.
- What is subsection in Hindi?
- Subsection in Hindi is उपखंड (upkhaṇḍ). See Subsection meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is subsection?
- Subsection can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of subsection?
- The plural of subsection is subsections.
Words near subsection in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: subsection (page history and authors); subsection (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); उपकलम (Marathi) (page history and authors); subsection (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); પેટાકલમ (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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