subfigure

Definitions of subfigure

1. noun

   a figure that is a part of another figure
   types:

   flank

   a subfigure consisting of a side of something

   hemisphere

   half of a sphere

   facet

   a smooth surface (as of a bone or cut gemstone)

   branch, leg, ramification

   a part of a forked or branching shape

   bifurcation

   a bifurcating branch (one or both of them)

   hypotenuse

   the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle

   base

   the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed

   brachium

   (biology) a branching or armlike part of an animal

   crotch, fork

   the region of the angle formed by the junction of two branches

   type of:

   figure

   a combination of points and lines and planes that form a visible palpable shape