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[ suhb-set ] / ˈsʌbˌsɛt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR subset ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna set that is a part of a larger set. Mathematics. a set consisting of elements of a given set that can be the same as the given set or smaller. Origin of subsetFirst recorded in 1900–05; sub- + set Words nearby subsetsubsere, subserous, subserous plexus, subserve, subservient, subset, subshell, subshrub, subside, subsidence, subsidiarity Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for subsetAnd in September 2008, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit ordered the release of a 21-photo subset. The Detainee Abuse Photos Obama Didn’t Want You To See|Noah Shachtman, Tim Mak|December 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST They acted as if music were a subset of the fashion or cinema or advertising industries. Music Criticism Has Degenerated Into Lifestyle Reporting|Ted Gioia|March 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST The Obama administration mainly sees the Syrian war as a subset of the Iran question. What To Do In Syria|Hussein Ibish|June 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST But a substantial minority—almost one-third of the subset—did not fit that description. More Details on IRS Approvals|Michael Tomasky|June 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST
But, the fact of coverage also leads some subset of these people to smoke who otherwise would not. How Not to Cherry-Pick the Results of the Oregon Study (Ultrawonkish)|Megan McArdle|May 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST A subset of the Sun Tzu example is the view that war is deception. Shock and Awe|Harlan K. Ullman
British Dictionary definitions for subset
nounmaths - a set the members of which are all members of some given class: A is a subset of B is usually written A⊆B
- proper subset one that is strictly contained within a larger class and excludes some of its membersSymbol: A⊂B
a set within a larger set Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to subsetsubspace, subdivision, subgroup, member, batch, group, division, portion, share, cut, ration, part, section, fragment Scientific definitions for subset
A set whose members are all contained in another set. The set of positive integers, for example, is a subset of the set of integers. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |