subsector

noun

sub·​sec·​tor ˈsəb-ˌsek-tər 

variants or sub-sector

plural subsectors or sub-sectors

: a sector that is part of a larger sector

… the category is more diversified than you may think, since it can include such varied subsectors as aerospace components, high-tech industrial machinery, and scientific instruments.

—Stephanie Losee

Examples of subsector in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

On services, the EU made its best-ever offer to any trading partner, opening 144 subsectors to Indian firms, and India reciprocated by opening 102 to European companies. — Jonas Nahm, Foreign Affairs, 14 Sep. 2026

Solar attracted the most investment among renewable energy subsectors during the first six months of the year as countries rush to build capacity as worries grow that global wars will continue squeezing energy supplies. — Eugenia Perozo, semafor.com, 27 Aug. 2026

Memory is a volatile subsector of technology, exhibiting wild swings in profit margins that can throw customers in tech supply chains for a loop. — Sean Conlon,hugh Leask,justina Lee,fred Imbert, CNBC, 13 Aug. 2026

Momentum Cyber found that more than 300 vendors selling AI-security tools have appeared in under three years, the fastest a subsector has ever formed in the industry. — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 6 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1906, in the meaning defined above