subset
IPA: sˈʌbsɛt
noun
- (set theory, of a set S) A set A such that every element of A is also an element of S.
- A group of things or people, all of which are in a specified larger group.
verb
- (transitive) To take a subset of.
- (transitive, computing, typography) To extract only the portions of (a font) that are needed to display a particular document.
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Examples of "subset" in Sentences
- Patricide is a subset of parricide.
- Thus exhume is a subset of disinter.
- Lethargy is not necessarily a subset of fatigue.
- Each subset is strictly contained within its superset.
- This make equilateral triangles a subset of the larger set.
- Cowhand is merely a subset of the diverse definition of Cowboy.
- Dentistry, podiatry, and optometry are all subsets of medicine.
- It is a subset of the larger field of human factors and ergonomics.
- Geomicrobiology is a subset of the scientific discipline microbiology.
- The religious and esoteric branches are both subsets of the metaphysics.
- The number of degenerate sides of is the number of elements of the subset.
- This forms an ordered set such that each subset is strictly contained within its superset.
- What would you call an arrangement such that each subset is strictly contained within its superset?
- Each subset is strictly contained within its superset, hence is meets the definition of a nested hierarchy to which you agree above.
- Yeah, I'm not sure how high parental involvement is ever going to be outside of a certain subset of small upper-middle-class schools.
- You can call it what you want, but an ordered set such that each subset is contained within its superset is called a nested hierarchy.
- In order for thenre to be an ordered set such that each subset is contained within its superset, all members must share the same defining characteristics.
- Re: my use of spanish phrases, it pisses off a certain subset of conservatives, just like my "People Eating Tasty Animals" hat pisses off a certain subset of liberals.
- Indeed, the bigger point to be made is that empiricism is all that we have to explain anything that we wish to understand, “physics” being only what we call a subset of empirically-based theories.