"subunit" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1961 October, “New Metropolitan Line train sets enter service”, in Trains Illustrated, page 622:",
          "text": "The bogies are built up of welded sub-units which are stress-relieved before assembly by riveting.",
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          "ref": "2007 September 25, Bungie, Halo 3, Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox 360, level/area: Terminal Three (Legendary):",
          "text": "Interchange manipulation comparisons showed that all subunits are still active, if at slightly lower rates.",
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          "_dis1": "78 22",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "subdivision of a larger unit",
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            "feminine"
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          "word": "subunitat"
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "subdivision of a larger unit",
          "word": "alayksikkö"
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          "sense": "subdivision of a larger unit",
          "word": "aliyksikkö"
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          "_dis1": "78 22",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "subdivision of a larger unit",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "binebeş"
        },
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          "_dis1": "78 22",
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          "sense": "subdivision of a larger unit",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "subunidade"
        }
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        "A protein subunit."
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        "(biochemistry) A protein subunit."
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        },
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      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "subdivision of a larger unit",
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "subunitat"
    },
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      "sense": "subdivision of a larger unit",
      "word": "alayksikkö"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "subdivision of a larger unit",
      "word": "aliyksikkö"
    },
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      "code": "kmr",
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      "sense": "subdivision of a larger unit",
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      ],
      "word": "binebeş"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "subdivision of a larger unit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "subunidade"
    }
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  "word": "subunit"
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