subfigure

Definitions of subfigure
  1. noun
    a figure that is a part of another figure
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    flank
    a subfigure consisting of a side of something
    hemisphere
    half of a sphere
    facet
    a smooth surface (as of a bone or cut gemstone)
    branch, leg, ramification
    a part of a forked or branching shape
    bifurcation
    a bifurcating branch (one or both of them)
    hypotenuse
    the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle
    base
    the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed
    brachium
    (biology) a branching or armlike part of an animal
    crotch, fork
    the region of the angle formed by the junction of two branches
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    figure
    a combination of points and lines and planes that form a visible palpable shape
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