"sub-system" meaning in English

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          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Systems theory",
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          "word": "subsystem"
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          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "padsistéma",
          "sense": "group of related components",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "падсістэ́ма"
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          "roman": "podsistéma",
          "sense": "group of related components",
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            "feminine"
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          "word": "подсисте́ма"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "group of related components",
          "word": "子系統"
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          "roman": "zǐxìtǒng",
          "sense": "group of related components",
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "group of related components",
          "word": "alijärjestelmä"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "group of related components",
          "word": "alajärjestelmä"
        },
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "group of related components",
          "word": "osajärjestelmä"
        },
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "group of related components",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sous-sytème"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "group of related components",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Untersystem"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "yposýstima",
          "sense": "group of related components",
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            "neuter"
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          "word": "υποσύστημα"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "group of related components",
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "group of related components",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "fochóras"
        },
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          "roman": "sabushisutemu",
          "sense": "group of related components",
          "word": "サブシステム"
        },
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "group of related components",
          "word": "subsistem"
        },
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          "roman": "podsistéma",
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          "word": "подсисте́ма"
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          "roman": "pidsystéma",
          "sense": "group of related components",
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          ],
          "word": "підсисте́ма"
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  "word": "sub-system"
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    {
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      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "padsistéma",
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        "feminine"
      ],
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      "roman": "podsistéma",
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    },
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "group of related components",
      "word": "子系統"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zǐxìtǒng",
      "sense": "group of related components",
      "word": "子系统"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "group of related components",
      "word": "alijärjestelmä"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "group of related components",
      "word": "alajärjestelmä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "group of related components",
      "word": "osajärjestelmä"
    },
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      "sense": "group of related components",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "group of related components",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Untersystem"
    },
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "yposýstima",
      "sense": "group of related components",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "υποσύστημα"
    },
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      "sense": "group of related components",
      "word": "alrendszer"
    },
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "group of related components",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "fochóras"
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      "roman": "sabushisutemu",
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      "word": "サブシステム"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "group of related components",
      "word": "subsistem"
    },
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      "roman": "podsistéma",
      "sense": "group of related components",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "подсисте́ма"
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      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pidsystéma",
      "sense": "group of related components",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "підсисте́ма"
    }
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  "word": "sub-system"
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