submodule

A module making up part of a larger module.

Noun

  1. A module making up part of a larger module.
    • The first-year English Literature module consists of three submodules.
  2. A 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

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- French modulebor. English module English submodule From sub- + module.

Forms

submodules