Associations to the word «Subset»

Wiktionary

SUBSET, noun. (set theory) With respect to another set, a set such that each of its elements is also an element of the other set.
SUBSET, noun. A group of things or people, all of which are in a specified larger group.
SUBSET CLASSIFIER, noun. (mathematics) A set which serves as the codomain of a characteristic function.
SUBSET CLASSIFIER, noun. (category theory) (uncountable) The subobject classifier restricted to the category Set.

Dictionary definition

SUBSET, noun. A set whose members are members of another set; a set contained within another set.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats