subclass
IPA: sʌbkɫæs
noun
- A secondary class within a main class.
- (taxonomy) A rank directly below class.
- (object-oriented programming) An object class derived from another class (its superclass) from which it inherits a base set of properties and methods.
verb
- (transitive, computing) (in object-oriented programming) To create a subclass of (some class).
- (transitive, computing) To cause (an object) to act as an instance of a subclass (by creating the desired subclass and instantiating an object of this subclass).
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Examples of "subclass" in Sentences
- They are a subclass of transposon.
- Synapsids as a reptilian subclass.
- A prism is a subclass of the prismatoids.
- A superclass can't be part of a subclass.
- Antiprisms are a subclass of the prismatoids.
- Calcinea is a subclass of the calcareous sponges.
- Baerida is an order in the subclass of Calcaronea.
- A subclass of puns with no assertion of notability.
- So that would be subclass Australosphenida and subclass Theriiformes.
- In other words, preposition is the superclass while adverb is the subclass.
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