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subunit

UK/sʌbˈjuːnɪt/

subunit noun: any subdivision of a larger unit.

Noun

subunit (plural subunits)

  1. Any subdivision of a larger unit.
    • The bogies are built up of welded sub-units which are stress-relieved before assembly by riveting.1961 October, “New Metropolitan Line train sets enter service”, in Trains Illustrated, page 622
    • Interchange manipulation comparisons showed that all subunits are still active, if at slightly lower rates.2007 September 25, Bungie, Halo 3, Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox 360, level/area: Terminal Three (Legendary)
  2. A protein subunit.

subunit meaning in Hindi, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada

subunit in Hindi

सबयूनिट

subunit in Bengali

সাবইউনিট

subunit in Malayalam

സബ്യൂണിറ്റ്

subunit in Kannada

ಉಪಘಟಕ
More languagesFewer languages
subunit in Punjabi
ਸਬਯੂਨਿਟ

Forms of subunit

pluralsubunits

Plural of subunit: subunits

Origin of subunit

From sub- + unit.

Words formed from subunit

Phrases with subunit

Questions about subunit

What does subunit mean?
Subunit means any subdivision of a larger unit.
What is subunit in Hindi?
Subunit in Hindi is सबयूनिट. See Subunit meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is subunit?
Subunit is a noun.
How do you pronounce subunit?
Subunit is pronounced /sʌbˈjuːnɪt/ (UK).
What is the plural of subunit?
The plural of subunit is subunits.

Words near subunit in the dictionary

  1. subunguis
  2. subungulate
  3. subungulates
  4. subunguligrade
  5. subuniform
  6. subunit
  7. subunitary
  8. subunits
  9. subunity
  10. subuniversal
  11. subuniverse

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: subunit (page history and authors); subunit (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); subunit (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); subunit (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); subunit (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); subunit (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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