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10 Language-to-English DictionariesSubdiscipline
/ˈsʌb.dɪ.sɪ.plɪn/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A specialized field of study or branch of learning that is part of a broader academic discipline.
"Marine biology is an important subdiscipline of life sciences." - 2
A secondary area of focus or concentration within a professional domain.
"Her thesis bridges two distinct subdisciplines within modern sociology."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the prefix sub- (meaning 'under' or 'secondary') combined with discipline, which traces back to the Latin disciplina (instruction, knowledge), from discere (to learn). The compound emerged in academic contexts during the 19th century to denote specialized branches of broader fields of study.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Subdiscipline" is said worldwide
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sous-discipline
Transliteration: su-di-si-plin
"L'astrophysique est une sous-discipline de la physique."
Teildisziplin
Transliteration: tail-dis-tsi-plin
"Die Linguistik umfasst mehrere Teildisziplinen."
sottodisciplina
Transliteration: sotto-dis-ci-pli-na
"La paleobotanica è una sottodisciplina della botanica."
subdisciplina
Transliteration: sub-dis-ci-pli-na
"La sociolingüística es una subdisciplina clave."
subdisciplina
Transliteration: sub-dis-ci-pli-na
"A genética é uma subdisciplina da biologia."
उप-शाखा
Transliteration: up-shakha
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"यह मनोविज्ञान की एक महत्वपूर्ण उप-शाखा है।"
分支学科
Transliteration: fēnzhī xuékē
Script: 中文汉字
"计算机科学包含许多分支学科。"
하위 학문
Transliteration: havi hakmun
Script: 한국어 한글
"이것은 물리학의 중요한 하위 학문입니다."
下位分野
Transliteration: kai bunya
Script: 日本語
"心理学には多くの下位分野があります。"
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