submultiple

About 0.02 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A quantity that gives another quantity when multiplied by an integer

   A centimetre is a submultiple of a metre, being contained in it a hundred times.

Similar words

index submajorization subquotient multiple superparticular subratio multiplee multiplicator product multiplier multiplicand

Often followed by

of units or is prefix

Word family

submultiples