SUBSECTION

subsection, subdivision

(noun) a section of a section; a part of a part; i.e., a part of something already divided

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

subsection (plural subsections)

A defined part of a section.

(legal) A subpart of a legal document such as law.

Coordinate term: subparagraph

(taxonomy, zoology) An informal taxonomic category below section and above family.

(taxonomy, botany) A taxonomic rank below the section, but above the species.

Verb

subsection (third-person singular simple present subsections, present participle subsectioning, simple past and past participle subsectioned)

To insert subsections (into some text, etc.).

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

13 February 2025

BREAK

(verb) cause the failure or ruin of; “His peccadilloes finally broke his marriage”; “This play will either make or break the playwright”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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