How to Use subsystem in a Sentence

subsystem

noun
  • The team aimed to collect in-flight data from the capsule and its subsystems while in orbit.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 May 2025
  • Systems can have subsystems; each of these can have its own permission structures.
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2025
  • The next model is roughly twice as large, with a number of subsystems added into the design.
    Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 30 May 2023
  • The cycle is built around three steps tied to dedicated subsystems.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Anything from further back in the quantum cloud can’t transfer over into the new subsystem.
    Jackie Appel, Popular Mechanics, 4 May 2023
  • Subsystem to subsystem is where the surface area connection comes in.
    Jackie Appel, Popular Mechanics, 4 May 2023
  • The subsystem jobs include moving parts and materials around the plant.
    Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 26 Apr. 2022
  • But that’s just my guesswork based on experience with a wide range of Mercedes subsystems.
    Mark Ewing, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
  • All this means is that Tiger Lake as a whole will need to be supported by a wider, faster memory subsystem.
    Mark Hachman, PCWorld, 13 Aug. 2020
  • Reporting to each system lead are specialists for each subsystem.
    David W. Brown, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2022
  • Go to Settings, Voice & Video, and scroll down to the audio subsystem section.
    Toby Grey, BGR, 13 Sep. 2022
  • The company said the smoother ride reduces wear on subsystems, extends component life, and cuts through-life repair costs.
    Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2025
  • This subsystem bundles the information collected by the probe before it is beamed back to the mission team.
    Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 26 Mar. 2024
  • The tests also verified how well the engine performed with the other subsystems on the aircraft, the agency added.
    Brett Tingley, Space.com, 27 Jan. 2025
  • The astronauts will be in space for a little more than a week testing the Starliner spacecraft and its subsystems.
    Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 6 May 2024
  • Only in the purest of sporting cars does one see this measure of thought about how every system and subsystem impacts and also fits with other systems.
    Mark Ewing, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
  • The water running through these subsystems must be treated for the health and safety of local residents and the environment.
    Earl Foster, Austin American-Statesman, 3 Oct. 2024
  • The fix required months of analysis to track the issue to a particular chip within the spacecraft’s flight data subsystem.
    Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 14 June 2024
  • This stored energy powers its thrusters, computers, sensors, and subsystems.
    Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Del Toro is right to push Congress to buy more ships and their subsystems from faster-moving foreign manufacturers.
    Editorial Board, Washington Post, 24 June 2024
  • Instead, engineers moved software code from the chip into a different part of the subsystem's memory system.
    George Petras, USA Today, 25 Nov. 2025
  • If the vision subsystem has a hard time perceiving what’s in front of it in direct sunlight, then the robots may suddenly go blind and stop working if a ray of sun comes through a window.
    Hans Peter Brondmo, WIRED, 10 Sep. 2024
  • Two of the system’s binaries orbit extremely close to one another, forming their own quadruple subsystem.
    New York Times, 23 Jan. 2021
  • The subsystem workers' strike could have brought production of GM's most profitable vehicles to a standstill within hours.
    Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 30 June 2022
  • In addition, the Barracuda uses off-the-shelf components for its subsystems, which helps with logistics.
    David Szondy, New Atlas, 17 Sep. 2024
  • My impression is that the Party is shrewd about recruitment for such jobs, and the vast majority of students remain outside this subsystem.
    Peter Hessler, The New Yorker, 9 May 2022
  • This port inside the vehicle connects to various subsystems and allows small receivers to access the car's computer system.
    Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 10 June 2024
  • The armor of a defense platform used to be the primary consideration, with the other subsystems being more of an afterthought.
    Steve Tengler, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
  • In addition, thumbs up were given to the propulsion, fuel systems, hydraulics, power, thermal control, and other subsystems.
    David Szondy may 31, New Atlas, 31 May 2025
  • Balancing this is the 800V subsystem, which allows fast DC charging.
    James Morris, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2021

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