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properly included

properly included adjective: being a proper subset; having the property that every element of a set A is also an element of a set B, and A is not equal to B.

Adjective

properly included (not comparable)

  1. Being a proper subset; having the property that every element of a set A is also an element of a set B, and A is not equal to B.
    • If A is a subset of B but A ≠ B, then A is said to be properly included in B.2003, Herbert B. Enderton, Elements of Set Theory, Academic Press, page 22
    Synonyms:
    proper subset

Synonyms of properly included

Antonyms

  • improperly included
  • equal to

Questions about properly included

What does properly included mean?
Properly included means being a proper subset; having the property that every element of a set A is also an element of a set B, and A is not equal to B.
What part of speech is properly included?
Properly included is an adjective.

Words near properly included in the dictionary

  1. properispomenons
  2. properispomes
  3. properitoneal
  4. Properjohn
  5. properly
  6. properly included
  7. properness
  8. propernesses
  9. propers
  10. propertarian
  11. propertarianism

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