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SUBFIGURE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A figure that is a part of another figure
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Hypernyms ("subfigure" is a kind of...):
figure (a combination of points and lines and planes that form a visible palpable shape)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "subfigure"):
flank (a subfigure consisting of a side of something)
hemisphere (half of a sphere)
facet (a smooth surface (as of a bone or cut gemstone))
branch; leg; ramification (a part of a forked or branching shape)
