subsection

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Noun

subsection (plural subsections)

1. A defined part of a section.
2. (legal) A subpart of a legal document such as law.

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3. (taxonomy, zoology) An informal taxonomic category below section and above family.
4. (taxonomy, botany) A taxonomic rank below the section, but above the species.

Translations

• French: sous-section
• German: Unterabschnitt, Unterabteilung, Untersektion, Teilstrecke (road), Streckenteil (of a line)
• Italian: sottosezione, (law) comma
• Russian: подсекция

Translations

• See also: article, alinéa, sous-alinéa

  (Canada): paragraphe

• Italian: comma

Verb

subsection (subsections, present participle subsectioning; past and past participle subsectioned)

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

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