subclass
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sub·class
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Definition of subclass
: a primary division of a class: such as
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: a category in biological classification ranking below a class and above an order
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: subset sense 1
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Four-, five- and higher-dimensional shapes are essentially untamable: the range of possibilities is so enormous that mathematicians have limited their ambitions to understanding specialized subclasses of them. — Quanta Magazine, "Getting Into Shapes: From Hyperbolic Geometry to Cube Complexes and Back," 2 Oct. 2012 Anatomy Like rays and skates, sharks fall into a subclass of fish called elasmobranchii. — National Geographic, "Sharks," 22 July 2019 Absent that, the court would be unable to ascertain the members of the political subclass of applicants on whose behalf plaintiffs are seeking relief. — Dan Eaton, San Diego Union-Tribune, "Update: Conservative applicants’ challenge to Google hiring practices clears one hurdle, faces others," 24 June 2019 The lawsuit divides damage subclasses into two categories: those who were affected by the tear gas, pepper spray, pepper bullets, or other chemical agents and those who were subject to physical force by Phoenix police. — azcentral, "Lawsuit stemming from Phoenix police actions after Trump appearance goes before judge," 12 June 2019 The post-Atkins decade saw the rise of good fats, a nonscientific subclass of fats that includes the unsaturated fats in avocado, fish, and coconut oil. — Jamie Lauren Keiles, Vox, "How low-fat dairy came to rule the US — and why that’s changing.," 20 Dec. 2018 But one subclass of the 3,000 or so satellites swarming around Earth is particularly useful: the 400 that pirouette around the planet at roughly 22,000 miles above the equator. — NBC News, "Alien satellites might offer a new way to find E.T.," 19 Mar. 2018 Destiny 1 launched with only two subclasses before eventually opening a third one up via expansions. — Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica, "Already, Destiny 2 understands its fate, its purpose, its desti… you know," 5 Sep. 2017 The district court granted certification to two subclasses but denied the remaining three. — Fatima Hussein, Indianapolis Star, "Sheriff's Office under more scrutiny for release times," 23 June 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'subclass.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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subclass
noun
sub·class
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Medical Definition of subclass
: a category in biological classification ranking below a class and above an order