Definitions

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  • noun A secondary form.

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  • noun biology A taxon below the level of form.

Etymologies

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sub- +‎ form

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Examples

  • The best way to think of a subform is a form within another form.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2010

  • The best way to think of a subform is a form within another form.

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  • We can all thank and credit Sarah Palin, Alaskan Governor for this new word as she is the personification of Palinism, and it's subform: Palinized

    Palinism, A New Word 2008

  • So much has been idly written upon names, not a little most idly on the names of these seven Churches, and the mystical meanings which they contain, that one shrinks from any seeming fellowship in such foolish and unprofitable fancies; and yet it is difficult not to remember here that smurna, the name of this suffering Church which should give out its sweetness in persecution and in death, is a subform of murrha

    Epistles to the Seven Churches in Asia. 1807-1886 1863

  • When the subform appears, click the Browse button:

    Site Home robmcm 2011

  • Basing a subform on a selection from either of two subforms

    eggheadcafe.com articles 2010

  • Basing a subform on a selection from either of two subforms

    eggheadcafe.com articles 2010

  • Basing a subform on a selection from either of two subforms

    eggheadcafe.com articles 2010

  • Form OnClose vs. subform BeforeUpdate validation: the showdown

    eggheadcafe.com articles 2010

  • Form OnClose vs. subform BeforeUpdate validation: the showdown

    eggheadcafe.com articles 2010

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