subpuzzle
nounEtymology From sub- + puzzle.
1
A puzzle making up part of a larger puzzle.
- The three-dimensional problem consisted of three subpuzzles or sets of pieces; the three subpuzzles (hereafter called parts) could be assembled into one large block.1968, American Psychological Association, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting, volume 3, page 411:
- The tangram portion defined by the edges traced during the first and second encounter constitutes a subpuzzle.1972, B. Meltzer, Donald Michie, Machine Intelligence, volume 7, page 213:
- Related terms
- metapuzzle