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  • noun Alternative spelling of sub-system.

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  • noun a system that is part of some larger system

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Examples

  • The technical, institutional organizations had responsibility for system management; this was called the subsystem, manager scheme.

    Augustine's Laws - and Ares 1 - NASA Watch 2009

  • Thus, the exergy of a subsystem is a measure of its 'distance' from equilibrium.

    Exergy 2008

  • The larger system is the biosphere, and the subsystem is the economy.

    The Man of the Hour 2007

  • "The larger system is the biosphere, and the subsystem is the human economy," says Daly.

    Tyee - Home 2009

  • The latest 1. 6GHz MacBook Air also has a bigger L2 cache (6MB instead of 4MB), a faster frontside bus (1,066MHz as opposed to 800MHz), and a new Nvidia GeForce 9400M integrated graphics subsystem, which is a significant upgrade over the integrated Intel GMA X3100 graphics in the first generation 1. 6GHz MacBook Air.

    Macworld 2009

  • Over the next several months, a team of engineers and technicians at Lockheed Martin's Mississippi Space & Technology C.nter, an advanced propulsion, thermal, and metrology facility located at the John C. Stennis Space C.nter, will integrate the spacecraft's propulsion subsystem, which is essential for maneuvering the satellite during transfer orbit to its final location as well as conducting on-orbit operations and repositioning maneuvers throughout its mission life.

    Defense Industry Daily 2009

  • “Since all theorems of applied mathematics are deducible from the subsystem [of physical interpretation of the field of rational numbers] ¦ it is only this subsystem which is verified by the interpretations.” (1978, vol. I, p. 423) So we cannot empirically confirm any claims that are properly about real or complex numbers, so we cannot empirically confirm their consistency.

    Hans Reichenbach Glymour, Clark 2008

  • When you use Facebook Connect to log into another application, and suddenly your friends 'faces are listed in the new application, that application is using Facebook as a "subsystem" of the new Internet OS.

    Original Signal - The best of Web 2.0 2010

  • When you use Facebook Connect to log into another application, and suddenly your friends 'faces are listed in the new application, that application is using Facebook as a "subsystem" of the new Internet OS.

    Waxy.org Links 2010

  • When you use Facebook Connect to log into another application, and suddenly your friends 'faces are listed in the new application, that application is using Facebook as a "subsystem" of the new Internet OS.

    O'Reilly News Tim O'Reilly 2010

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