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Meaning of substyle | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A secondary or subsidiary style.
  2. A right line on which the style, or gnomon, of a sundial is erected, being the common section of the face of the dial and a plane perpendicular to it passing through the style.

Examples

“In this way, breakdancing, hardbeat, acidhouse, acidbeat, hip-hop, punk, rockabilly and streetmusic make up a plurality of substyles launched by the record companies which take over the national markets, […]”
“which is the distance of the Substyle from the Perpendicular[…]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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