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proper subsets

proper subsets is the plural of proper subset.

Meaning of proper subset

Noun

proper subset (plural proper subsets)

  1. a set that is a subset of the set, but not equal to it.
    • {2, 4, 5} is a proper subset of {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}, but {1, 2, 3, 4, 5} is not.

Questions about proper subsets

What is proper subsets the plural of?
Proper subsets is the plural of proper subset.

Words near proper subsets in the dictionary

  1. proper nounhood
  2. proper nouns
  3. Proper Puguis
  4. proper right
  5. proper subset
  6. proper subsets
  7. proper time
  8. proper times
  9. proper value
  10. proper values
  11. proper vector

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