SINCE 1828
subdiscipline
noun
sub·dis·ci·pline
| \ ˌsəb-ˈdi-sə-plən
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variants:
or less commonly sub-discipline
plural subdisciplines
also sub-disciplines
Definition of subdiscipline
: a discipline (such as an academic discipline) that is part of a broader discipline
Organic chemistry is a subdiscipline of chemistry. The management of programmers is a discipline unto itself. There are subdisciplines that deal with how coders communicate.— Paul Ford
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