subsegment
noun
sub·seg·ment
ˌsəb-ˈseg-mənt 
variants
or sub-segment
plural sub-segment or sub-segments
: a segment that is part of a larger segment
… one of the fastest growing subsegments of the fastest growing category in the car and truck biz, to wit: luxury sport-utility vehicles.—
Tony Swan
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All of the other subsegments – revenue cycle, operations, analytics and compliance software – are all expected to grow at rates ranging from 8% to nearly 20%.
—Katie Jennings, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023
Now Subaru has retraced AMC's steps into the sport-utility-sedan subsegment with its new Legacy Sport Utility Sedan.
—Frank Markus, Car and Driver, 15 July 2022
For the better part of the 2021 calendar year, a subsegment of Michigan State basketball fans treated Joey Hauser like a pariah.
—Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 13 Jan. 2022
The acquisition will expand Grace’s existing pharma portfolio within its Pharma & Consumer subsegment, the fastest-growing part of Grace’s materials technologies business.
—Lorraine Mirabella, baltimoresun.com, 25 Feb. 2021
That's because of the subsegment within the Russian population which is fertile keeps increase its proportion, and the aggregate rate of change shifts along with that.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 21 Oct. 2010
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Katie Jennings, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023
Now Subaru has retraced AMC's steps into the sport-utility-sedan subsegment with its new Legacy Sport Utility Sedan.
—Frank Markus, Car and Driver, 15 July 2022
For the better part of the 2021 calendar year, a subsegment of Michigan State basketball fans treated Joey Hauser like a pariah.
—Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 13 Jan. 2022
The acquisition will expand Grace’s existing pharma portfolio within its Pharma & Consumer subsegment, the fastest-growing part of Grace’s materials technologies business.
—Lorraine Mirabella, baltimoresun.com, 25 Feb. 2021
That's because of the subsegment within the Russian population which is fertile keeps increase its proportion, and the aggregate rate of change shifts along with that.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 21 Oct. 2010
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“Subsegment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subsegment. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.
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