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Plural of subclass

regular plural

The plural of subclass is subclasses.

Forms of subclass

Singularsubclass /ˈsʌbklæs/
Pluralsubclasses
Countablecountable

Subclasses in a sentence

  • The protected modifier makes a class member visible to subclasses, but not to external code.From the entry modifier
  • Allotypes were originally defined by antisera that differentiated allelic variants of immunoglobulin (Ig) subclasses.2009, Julius M. Cruse, Robert E. Lewis, Illustrated Dictionary of Immunology, 3rd edition, Taylor & Francis (CRC Press), page 32. From the entry allotype
  • If a class is serializable, all of its subclasses are also serializable.2006, Herbert Schildt, Java: The Complete Reference. From the entry serializable
  • Formation of the middle verbs mentioned above illustrates that derivational processes are used to create specific subclasses of verbs.2005, Geert Booij, The Grammar of Words: An Introduction to Linguistic Morphology, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, →ISBN…. From the entry middle verb
  • These locally catenative D0L systems form one of the mathematically most natural subclasses of the class of D0L systems.1980, Grzegorz Rozenberg, Arto Salomaa, The Mathematical Theory of L Systems, page 20. From the entry catenative

Meaning of subclass

  1. noun A secondary class within a main class.
  2. noun A rank directly below class.
  3. noun An object class derived from another class (its superclass) from which it inherits a base set of properties and methods.

Full definition of subclass

Questions about the plural of subclass

What is the plural of subclass?
The plural of subclass is subclasses.
Is subclass countable?
Subclass is a countable noun.

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