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sub-class

sub-class is the alternative form of subclass.

Meaning of subclass

Noun

subclass (plural subclasses)

  1. A secondary class within a main class.
    • These 4-8-2's, of which B&M eventually purchased 18 in various subclasses, could almost haul the tonnage of a T and more than made up for the slight deficiency by raising the maximum speed limit from 45 to 70 miles per hour, thanks to 73-inch drivers.1959, "Steam's Finest Hour" edited by David P. Morgan, Kalmbach Publishing Co., referring to the R-1 Mountain class loco.
  2. A rank directly below class.
  3. (object-oriented programming) An object class derived from another class (its superclass) from which it inherits a base set of properties and methods.

See all 5 meanings of subclass

Forms of sub-class

pluralsub-classes

Questions about sub-class

What is sub-class the alternative form of?
Sub-class is the alternative form of subclass.

Words near sub-class in the dictionary

  1. sub-categories
  2. sub-category
  3. sub-cheese
  4. sub-clan
  5. sub-clans
  6. sub-class
  7. sub-classes
  8. sub-clinical
  9. sub-cloud car
  10. sub-cloud cars
  11. sub-commentaries

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sub-class (page history and authors); subclass (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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