submachine

submachine

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Etymology 1

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *upó
Proto-Italic *supo
Latin sub
Latin sub-der.
English sub-
Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-der.?
Doric Greek μηχᾰνή (mēkhănḗ)
Doric Greek μᾱχᾰνᾱ́ (mākhănā́)bor.
Latin māchinabor.
Middle French machinebor.
English machine
English submachine

    From sub- + machine.

    Noun

    submachine (plural submachines)

    1. A machine forming part of a larger machine.
      1. (computer science) A part of a real or virtual machine which acts as a machine in its own right.
        • 1999, Martin Beran, “Decomposable Bulk Synchronous Parallel Computers”, in SOFSEM '99: Theory and Practice of Informatics‎[1], →ISBN, page 351:
          In the same computation, the computer may be decomposed repeatedly and the partitioning may vary from one split to the other. The submachines can further recursively decompose […]

    Etymology 2

    Shortened from submachine gun.

    Adjective

    submachine (not comparable)

    1. Of or pertaining to a submachine gun.
      • 2003, Milt Bearden, James Risen, The Main Enemy‎[2], →ISBN, page 244:
        The body of one of the dead crewmen bounced and rolled a little as the submachine rounds ripped into it.
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