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Subgroup

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A distinct group within a group; a subdivision of a group.

n. A subordinate group.

n. Mathematics A group that is a subset of a group.

v. To divide into subgroups.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A group within a larger group; a group whose members are some, but not all, of the members of a larger group.

n. A subset H of a group G that is itself a group and has the same binary operation as G.

v. To divide or classify into subgroups

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A subdivision of a group, as of animals.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. Any subordinate group in classification; a subdivision of a group; especially, a division the name of which begins with sub-, as subfamily or subgenus.

n. A mathematical group forming part of another group.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. (mathematics) a subset (that is not empty) of a mathematical group

n. a distinct and often subordinate group within a group

Word Usage

"So the minimum number required to count a subgroup is a GOOD feature of the law, and if anything, that number is too low in most cases."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

group mathematical group

Form

proper subgroup Fitting subgroup stable subgroup normal subgroup trivial subgroup

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

subset

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

subfield subgraph cost-benefit