submodule

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noun

A module making up part of a larger module.

“The first-year English Literature module consists of three submodules.”

OriginEnglish module ← French module ← Latin sub- →
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Meanings

nounsubmodule (plural submodules)

plural submodules

  1. A module making up part of a larger module.

    The first-year English Literature module consists of three submodules.

  2. algebraA module contained in a larger module, both over the same ring, such that the ring multiplication in the former is a restriction of that in the latter.

Origin

  1. Latinsub
  2. Latinsub-
  3. Englishsub-
  4. Frenchmodule
  5. Englishmodule
  6. Englishsubmodule

From sub- + module.

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Translations

German Teilmodul, Untermodul
  • Teilmodulmodule making up part of a larger module
  • Untermodul(algebra) module contained in a larger module
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APA

submodule. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/submodule

MLA

“submodule.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/submodule. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “submodule,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/submodule.

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