subdiscipline
noun
sub·dis·ci·pline ˌsəb-ˈdi-sə-plən 
variants or less commonly sub-discipline
plural subdisciplines also sub-disciplines
: a discipline (such as an academic discipline) that is part of a broader discipline
Organic chemistry is a subdiscipline of chemistry.
The management of programmers is a discipline unto itself. There are subdisciplines that deal with how coders communicate.
Paul Ford
Paul Ford
Word History
First Known Use
1912, in the meaning defined above
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