submachine noun 2adjective 1forms 1 noun2 •A machine forming part of a larger machine. •A part of a real or virtual machine which acts as a machine in its own right.In the same computation, the computer may be decomposed repeatedly and the partitioning may vary from one split to the other. The submachines can further recursively decompose […] — 1999 adjective1 •Of or pertaining to a submachine gun.The body of one of the dead crewmen bounced and rolled a little as the submachine rounds ripped into it. — 2003 formssubmachines
