subsystem

The definition of a subsystem is a smaller method or procedure within a larger set of methods or procedures.

(noun)

An example of a subsystem is the way a department works in a larger company.

YourDictionary definition and usage example. Copyright © 2013 by LoveToKnow Corp.

See subsystem in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

any system that is part of a larger system; component system

Learn more about subsystem

link/cite print suggestion box