What is another word for subset?

Pronunciation: [sˈʌbsɛt] (IPA)

A subset is a portion of a larger set that shares a common characteristic or property. Synonyms for subset include subcategory, subclass, subdivision, partition, branch, department, section, and segment. These terms imply a grouping of items that are distinct from others in the larger set. A subcategory, subclass, or partition, for example, indicates a grouping of items according to a specific criteria or feature. Branch and department suggest a division according to organization or structure. Section and segment are often used for physical or geographical divisions. Regardless of the term used, subsets are important in classification and analysis, as they help to organize and understand complex data sets.

What are the paraphrases for Subset?

Paraphrases are restatements of text or speech using different words and phrasing to convey the same meaning.
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What are the hypernyms for Subset?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the hyponyms for Subset?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.
  • hyponyms for subset (as nouns)

What are the opposite words for subset?

The term "subset" refers to a portion or a part of a larger set, but it is not always a fitting description. Antonyms for the word subset include the words superset, universal set, and complement. A superset is the opposite of a subset, as it describes a set that includes all the elements of another set and potentially more. A universal set is a set that includes all possible elements within a given context, and is not limited to any specific set of objects. Lastly, a complement is the set of objects that are not included in a given set, but are present in the universe of all possible objects.

What are the antonyms for Subset?

Usage examples for Subset

Since your data is a subset of previous searches, your stories are likely to have a high degree of relevancy.
"The Online World"
Odd de Presno
Over three of the four Provinces of Ireland-for a small part of Ulster was differently situated-the middleman himself frequently became an absentee and farmed his agency to another middleman, who by further subdivisions and extortions made an additional private profit, and who, in his turn, would create a subsidiary agency, until the land in many cases was "subset six deep."
"The Framework of Home Rule"
Erskine Childers

Famous quotes with Subset

  • Business is a subset of the environment, not the other way around. You can't have a healthy economy, you can't have a healthy anything in a degraded environment.
    Peter Coyote
  • The Muslim world and its subset the countries of the Middle East have been left behind in the marathon of political, economic and human development. For that, there is a tendency to blame others as the primary cause.
    Recep Tayyip Erdogan
  • If you're talking about Java in particular, Python is about the best fit you can get amongst all the other languages. Yet the funny thing is, from a language point of view, JavaScript has a lot in common with Python, but it is sort of a restricted subset.
    Guido van Rossum
  • Poetry is a subset of a Cosmos, which in itself, is a poem.
    Vanna Bonta
  • It's counter to common sense, but common sense is only based on a very small subset of the universe.
    Ian J. Davenport

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