a brief interval or an interval within a larger interval
subinterval in American English
(sʌbˈɪntərvəl)
noun
Math
an interval that is a subset of a given interval
Word origin
[1925–30; sub- + interval]This word is first recorded in the period 1925–30. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Nazi, hot spot, off-line, recycle, turnaroundsub- is a prefix occurring originally in loanwords from Latin (subject; subtract; subvert; subsidy). On this model, sub- is freely attached to elements of any origin and used with the meaning “under,” “below,”“beneath” (subalpine; substratum), “slightly,” “imperfectly,” “nearly” (subcolumnar; subtropical), “secondary,” “subordinate” (subcommittee; subplot)
Examples of 'subinterval' in a sentence
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It defines two shape parameters in each subinterval.
Maria Hussain, Sidra Saleem 2013, 'C1 rational quadratic trigonometric spline', Egyptian Informatics Journalhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110866513000388. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
An appropriate subinterval time step from the proposed approach can reduce computational burden and achieve accurate simulation responses as well.
Soobae Kim, Thomas J. Overbye 2015, 'Optimal Subinterval Selection Approach for Power System Transient Stability Simulation',Energieshttp://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/8/10/11871. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
To derive this result, we give a detailed description of the return times to a subinterval and the corresponding itineraries.
Zuzana Masáková, Edita Pelantová, Štěpán Starosta 2016, 'ITINERARIES INDUCED BY EXCHANGE OF THREE INTERVALS', Acta Polytechnicahttps://ojs.cvut.cz/ojs/index.php/ap/article/view/3794. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)