Substub
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A subheading below a stub (stub head) in a table; a stub subordinate to another stub.
"The first column on the left is the stub column. Its heading is referred to as the stub head. A stub is a title for a row of (horizontal) data. Should a stub column contain substubs, then the substubs are indented two or three spaces to show that they are subordinate to the stub item."
Example
More examples"The first column on the left is the stub column. Its heading is referred to as the stub head. A stub is a title for a row of (horizontal) data. Should a stub column contain substubs, then the substubs are indented two or three spaces to show that they are subordinate to the stub item."
Etymology
From sub- + stub.
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