substring
/ˈsʌbˌstrɪŋ/
noun
- 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'.