subsection

plural 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 […]

   2005, Leanne Newson, Jules Aldous, The Legal Maze: VCE Units 1 and 2, page 445

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   There is experimental evidence showing that cortisol restrains the intensity and duration of the emergency reaction to stress, and catecholamines have been shown to enhance emotional memory in the amygdala (see subsection on "Noradrenaline"). Thus, individuals lacking cortisol would overstore traumatic memories .

   2006, Marcus Lira Brandão, Frederico Guilherme Graeff, Neurobiology of Mental Disorders, page 36

2. lawA subpart of a legal document such as law.

   In the end, the deadlock was resolved by a minor -- but for the National Party symbolically important -- addition to one of the other subsections of the language clause.

   2003 Summer, Kristin Henrard, “Post-Apartheid South Africa: Transformation and Reconciliation”, in World Affairs, volume 166, number 1, page 37

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   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 states that the award to that entity is required by such provision of law in contravention of the policy set forth in subsection (a).

   1994, Congress of the United States, United States Statutes at Large, volume 108, part 4

3. biologyAn informal taxonomic category below section and above family.
4. biologyA taxonomic rank below section and above species.

present singular third person subsections · participle present subsectioning · participle past subsectioned · past subsectioned

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