noun
Meaning 1
A secondary class within a main class.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
subclass
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈsʌbklæs/
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/ˈsʌbklɑːs/
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noun
Meaning 2
A rank directly below class.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, taxonomy
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noun
Meaning 3
An object class derived from another class (its superclass) from which it inherits a base set of properties and methods.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: object-oriented programming
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verb
Meaning 4
(in object-oriented programming) To create a subclass of (some class).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
Examples
- I subclassed the Button class to create a more specialised FancyButton class for my user interface.
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verb
Meaning 5
To cause (an object) to act as an instance of a subclass (by creating the desired subclass and instantiating an object of this subclass).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
Meaning 6
(biology) a taxonomic category below a class and above an order
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: taxonomic group, taxonomic category, taxon
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- Proto-Indo-European *kelh1-der. Proto-Italic *klāssis Latin classisder. Middle French classebor. English class English subclass From sub- + class.
Across languages
Translations
45 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 子類別 /子类别 (zǐlèibié) — secondary class
- Chinese Mandarin: 子類 /子类 (zǐlèi) — secondary class
- Finnish: alaluokka — secondary class
- French: sous-classe — secondary class
- Chinese Mandarin: 亞綱 /亚纲 (yàgāng) — taxonomy
- Czech: podtřída — taxonomy
- Dutch: onderklasse — taxonomy
- Dutch: subklasse — taxonomy
- Finnish: alaluokka — taxonomy
- French: sous-classe — taxonomy
- Galician: subclase — taxonomy
- German: Unterklasse — taxonomy
- German: Subklasse — taxonomy
- Icelandic: undirflokkur — taxonomy
- Irish: fo-aicme — taxonomy
- Japanese: 亜綱 (akō) — taxonomy
- Japanese: サブクラス (sabukurasu) — taxonomy
- Korean: 아강 (agang) — taxonomy
- Latin: subclassis — taxonomy
- Lithuanian: poklasis — taxonomy
- Polish: podklasa — taxonomy
- Portuguese: subclasse — taxonomy
- Russian: подкла́сс (podkláss) — taxonomy
- Swedish: underklass — taxonomy
- Swedish: subklass — taxonomy
- Tagalog: kubliphay — taxonomy
- Telugu: ఉపతరగతి (upataragati) — taxonomy
- Turkish: altsınıf — taxonomy
- Volapük: donaklad — taxonomy
- Chinese Mandarin: 子類別 /子类别 (zǐlèibié) — computing
- Czech: podtřída — computing
- Finnish: aliluokka — computing
- French: classe fille — computing
- German: Kindklasse — computing
- German: Subklasse — computing
- German: Unterklasse — computing
- Greek: υποκλάση (ypoklási) — computing
- Icelandic: undirklasi — computing
- Irish: fo-aicme — computing
- Japanese: サブクラス (sabukurasu) — computing
- Polish: podklasa — computing
- Portuguese: subclasse — computing
- Russian: подкла́сс (podkláss) — computing
- Russian: класс-насле́дник (klass-naslédnik) — computing
- Turkish: altsınıf — computing