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Webster 1828 Edition

Subsection

SUBSEC'TION

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Noun.

[L. sub and sectio.] The part or division of a section; a subdivision; the section of a section.

Definition 2025

subsection

subsection

English

Noun

subsection ‎(plural subsections)

A defined part of a section.
A subpart of a legal document such as law.
(taxonomy, zoology) An informal taxonomic category below section and above order.
(taxonomy, botany) A taxonomic rank below the section, but above the species.

Translations

Defined part of a section

French: sous-section (fr) f
German: Unterabschnitt m, Unterabteilung f, Untersektion f, Teilstrecke f (road), Streckenteil m (of a line)
Irish: fo-alt m
Italian: sottosezione f, comma (it) m

Manx: fo-olt m
Russian: подсекция (ru) ‎(podsekcija), подраздел (ru) ‎(podrazdel)
Swedish: underavdelning (sv) c
Turkish: alt bölüm (tr), alt kesim

Subsection of a legal document such as law

French:

(Canada): paragraphe (fr)

See also: article (fr), alinéa (fr), sous-alinéa

Irish: fo-alt m
Italian: comma (it)
Manx: fo-olt m