subsystem

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noun
R

A part of a bigger system that has its own specific job to do.

The car's cooling subsystem helps keep the engine from overheating.

R

A set of parts working together inside a larger system to do something important.

The immune subsystem fights off germs to keep us healthy.

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n. A part of a bigger system that has its own specific job to do.; A set of parts working together inside a larger system to do something important.

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Plural subsystems