substring

/ˈsʌbˌstrɪŋ/
noun
  1. A part of a longer string of characters, such as letters, numbers, or symbols.
    • In the word 'unbelievable', the substring 'believe' appears in the middle.
    • The search function looks for any substring that matches the user's query.
    • She extracted the substring 'abc' from the longer text 'xyzabc123'.
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