subsection

sous-section

Partie plus petite à l’intérieur d’une section d’un texte ou d’un ensemble organisé.

En anglais simple : A smaller part within one section of a text or other organized whole.

• Read the next subsection.
• Each chapter has several subsections.
• The final subsection contains a short summary.

Comment l'utiliser : subsection of something (This subsection of the report explains the costs.)

Synonymes : subdivision

Expressions courantes : subsection heading, a short subsection, subsection of something

paragraphe, alinéa

Petite subdivision, généralement numérotée, d’une section de loi ou de document juridique.

En anglais simple : A smaller, usually numbered part of a section in a law or legal document.

• Subsection 2 covers late payments.
• The court referred to two subsections of the act.
• This subsection was amended last year.

Comment l'utiliser : under subsection + number (The payment is required under subsection 4.)

Expressions courantes : under subsection, subsection of something, amend a subsection

sous-section

Groupe non officiel d’êtres vivants classé sous une section et au-dessus d’une famille.

En anglais simple : An unofficial group of living things ranked below a section and above a family.

• This system places the family within a subsection.
• The biologist compared two informal subsections.
• Each subsection contains several families in this classification.

Expressions courantes : taxonomic subsection, informal subsection

sous-section

Groupe d’êtres vivants classé sous une section et au-dessus d’une espèce.

En anglais simple : A group of living things ranked below a section and above a species.

• The botanist placed these species in one subsection.
• The genus contains several subsections.
• This subsection includes three closely related plants.

Expressions courantes : botanical subsection, subsection of something

diviser en sous-sections

Diviser les sections d’un texte en parties plus petites.

En anglais simple : To divide a text into smaller parts within its sections.

• Please subsection the chapter before publication.
• The editor subsectioned the report for easier reading.
• We need to subsection this long document.

Synonymes : subdivide

Expressions courantes : subsection a chapter, subsection a report