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sub-system

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A group of related components that are part of a larger system.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English system English sub-system From sub- + system.

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: nënsistem — group of related components
  • Belarusian: падсістэ́ма (padsistéma) — group of related components
  • Bulgarian: подсисте́ма (podsistéma) — group of related components
  • Chinese Mandarin: 子系統 /子系统 (zǐxìtǒng) — group of related components
  • Czech: subsystém — group of related components
  • Finnish: alijärjestelmä — group of related components
  • Finnish: alajärjestelmä — group of related components
  • Finnish: osajärjestelmä — group of related components
  • French: sous-sytème — group of related components
  • German: Teilbereich — group of related components
  • German: Teilsystem — group of related components
  • German: Untersystem — group of related components
  • Greek: υποσύστημα (yposýstima) — group of related components
  • Hungarian: alrendszer — group of related components
  • Irish: fochóras — group of related components
  • Japanese: サブシステム (sabushisutemu) — group of related components
  • Polish: podsystem — group of related components
  • Polish: podukład — group of related components
  • Romanian: subsistem — group of related components
  • Russian: подсисте́ма (podsistéma) — group of related components
  • Ukrainian: підсисте́ма (pidsystéma) — group of related components