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submachine

noun, adj — 3 senses

submachine

noun

Etymology From sub- + machine.

1

A machine forming part of a larger machine.

2

Computer, Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Science, Sciences A part of a real or virtual machine which acts as a machine in its own right.

  • 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 […]1999, Martin Beran, “Decomposable Bulk Synchronous Parallel Computers”, in SOFSEM '99: Theory and Practice of Informatics, →ISBN, page 351:

submachine

adj

Etymology Shortened from submachine gun.

1

Of or pertaining to a submachine gun.

  • The body of one of the dead crewmen bounced and rolled a little as the submachine rounds ripped into it.2003, Milt Bearden, James Risen, The Main Enemy, →ISBN, page 244:

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