noun
Meaning 1
With respect to a given category; a narrower category.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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subcategory
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noun
Meaning 2
A subclass of a category which is itself a category, whose arrows are a restriction of the arrows of the parent category, and whose composition rule is a restriction of the parent category's.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: category-theory, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: child category, supercategory
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥-th2der.? Proto-Hellenic *kətá Ancient Greek κᾰτᾰ́ (kătắ) Ancient Greek κᾰτᾰ- (kătă-) Proto-Indo-European *h2ger- Proto-Indo-European *h2goréh2 Proto-Hellenic *agorā́ Ancient Greek ᾰ̓γορᾱ́ (ăgorā́) Ancient Greek -εύς (-eús) Ancient Greek -εύω (-eúō) Ancient Greek ἀγορεύω (agoreúō) Ancient Greek κᾰτήγορος (kătḗgoros) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh1ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh1yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek κᾰτηγορέω (kătēgoréō) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh2 Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek κᾰτηγορῐ́ᾱ (kătēgorĭ́ā)bor. Late Latin catēgoriader. Middle French categorie French catégoriebor. Middle English English category English subcategory From sub- + category.
Across languages
Translations
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Czech: podkategorie — more narrow category
- Dutch: subcategorie — more narrow category
- French: sous-catégorie — more narrow category
- Georgian: ქვეკატეგორია (kveḳaṭegoria) — more narrow category
- German: Unterkategorie — more narrow category
- Greek: υποκατηγορία (ypokatigoría) — more narrow category
- Icelandic: hlutríki — more narrow category
- Irish: fochatagóir — more narrow category
- Italian: sottocategoria — more narrow category
- Pannonian Rusyn: подкатеґория (podkategorija) — more narrow category
- Polish: podkategoria — more narrow category
- Portuguese: subcategoria — more narrow category
- Russian: подкатегория (podkategorija) — more narrow category
- Turkish: alt kategori — more narrow category