subpuzzle
English
Etymology
sub- + puzzle
Noun
subpuzzle (plural subpuzzles)
- A puzzle making up part of a larger puzzle.
- 1968, American Psychological Association, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting (volume 3, page 411)
- The three-dimensional problem consisted of three subpuzzles or sets of pieces; the three subpuzzles (hereafter called parts) could be assembled into one large block.
- 1972, B. Meltzer, Donald Michie, Machine Intelligence (volume 7, page 213)
- The tangram portion defined by the edges traced during the first and second encounter constitutes a subpuzzle.
- 1968, American Psychological Association, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting (volume 3, page 411)
Related terms
- metapuzzle