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Plural of subset

regular plural

The plural of subset is subsets.

Forms of subset

Singularsubset /ˈsʌbˌsɛt/
Pluralsubsets
Countablecountable

Subsets in a sentence

  • The subsets of a set X which constitute a topology are called the open sets of X.From the entry topology
  • The number of distinct subsets of size k from a set of size n is tbinom nk or "n choose k".From the entry choose
  • The collection of cofinite subsets of ℝ is a filter under inclusion: it includes the intersection of every pair of its members, and includes every superset of every cofinite set.From the entry filter
  • E.g., orthogonal as in statistically independent, orthopair is a pair of disjoint subsets, orthogonal in the sense of two aspects of a software problem are able to be treated separately.From the entry ortho-
  • The characterization of regular and intra-regular hypersemigroups in terms of fuzzy subsets are very useful for applications..2016, Niovi Kehayopulu, “A characterization of regular, intra-regular, left quasi-regular and semisimple hypersemigroups in terms of fuzzy…. From the entry hypersemigroups

Meaning of subset

  1. noun A set A such that every element of A is also an element of S.
  2. noun A group of things or people, all of which are in a specified larger group.
  3. verb To take a subset of.

Full definition of subset

Questions about the plural of subset

What is the plural of subset?
The plural of subset is subsets.
Is subset countable?
Subset is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: subset (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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