Definitions for "Subtopic"
The second level of refinement within a department. Subtopics are categories within a topic. Subtopic, topic, and department have to be published to appear as valid choices in the search page. However, unpublished subtopics are displayed to allow assignment within the Questions form.
a main example, or main supporting idea, that illustrates the topic sentence of a paragraph
equivalent to a sub-category and found one level down from the current (also known as parent topic). A topic may have many subtopics.
a collection of one or more activities that share a note or group of notes