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substub

substub noun: a subheading below a stub (stub head) in a table; a stub subordinate to another stub.

Noun

substub (plural substubs)

  1. A subheading below a stub (stub head) in a table; a stub subordinate to another stub.
    • The first column on the left is the stub column. Its heading is referred to as the stub head. A stub is a title for a row of (horizontal) data. Should a stub column contain substubs, then the substubs are indented two or three spaces to show that they are subordinate to the stub item.1992, Joel P. Bowman, Bernadine P. Branchaw, “Special techniques: headings, lists, and tables”, in How to Write Proposals that Produce, Greenwood, →ISBN, page 97

Forms of substub

pluralsubstubs

Origin of substub

From sub- + stub.

Questions about substub

What does substub mean?
Substub means a subheading below a stub (stub head) in a table; a stub subordinate to another stub.
What part of speech is substub?
Substub is a noun.
What is the plural of substub?
The plural of substub is substubs.

Words near substub in the dictionary

  1. substructures
  2. substructuring
  3. substructurings
  4. substs.
  5. substt.
  6. substub
  7. substubs
  8. substudies
  9. substudy
  10. substylar
  11. substyle

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