SUBFIGURE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A figure that is a part of another figure

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Hypernyms ("subfigure" is a kind of...):

figure (a combination of points and lines and planes that form a visible palpable shape)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "subfigure"):

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)