transcription, транскрипция: [ prefix ]
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin, under, below, secretly, from below, near, from sub under, close to — more at up
1. : under : beneath : below
sub soil
sub aqueous
2.
a. : subordinate : secondary : next lower than or inferior to
sub station
sub editor
b. : subordinate portion of : subdivision of
sub committee
sub species
c. : with repetition (as of a process) so as to form, stress, or deal with subordinate parts or relations
sub let
sub contract
3. : less than completely, perfectly, or normally : somewhat
sub acute
sub clinical
4.
a. : almost : nearly
sub erect
b. : falling nearly in the category of and often adjoining : bordering on
sub arctic