subsection

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subsection

noun subsections

  1. A defined part of a section. To them, just being a webhead or computer geek is not enough. The culture has its own subsections […]
  2. 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 sta
  3. An informal taxonomic category below section and above family.
  4. A taxonomic rank below section and above species.

verb subsections · subsectioning · subsectioned

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

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: subdivision, subpart, section, subparagraph, subtitle, subheading, paragraph, heading, article, item, rule, point, provision, clause, unit, tau

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noun a defined part of a section

हिन्दीउपखंड upkhaṇḍ
Françaissous-section
DeutschUnterabschnitt, Unterabteilung, Untersektion, Teilstrecke, Streckenteil
Italianosottosezione, comma
Românăsubsecțiune
Русскийподсекция podsekcija, подраздел podrazdel

noun a subsection of a legal document such as law

日本語項 kō
中文款 kuǎn
हिन्दीउपखंड upkhaṇḍ
Françaisparagraphe
Italianocomma

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@misc{subsection_2026,
  title = {subsection},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/subsection},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}