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submachine en · NOUN · etymology 1

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- Middle French machinebor. English machine English submachine From sub- + machine.

Meanings

1. A machine forming part of a larger machine.
2. A machine forming part of a larger machine. ▸ A part of a real or virtual machine which acts as a machine in its own right.
   • In the same computation, the computer may be decomposed repeatedly and the partitioning may vary from one split to the other. The submachines can further recursively decompose […] 1999, Martin Beran, “Decomposable Bulk Synchronous Parallel Computers”, in SOFSEM '99: Theory and Practice of Informatics, →ISBN, page 351:

Forms

submachine en · ADJ · etymology 2

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Etymology

Shortened from submachine gun.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to a submachine gun.
   • The body of one of the dead crewmen bounced and rolled a little as the submachine rounds ripped into it. 2003, Milt Bearden, James Risen, The Main Enemy, →ISBN, page 244: