subclass
Syllables: sub·class/ˈsʌbklæs/
subclass noun: a secondary class within a main class.
Noun
subclass (plural subclasses)
- 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.
- Goffin is a prose text interspersed with short lists of typical terms exemplifying certain sub-classes of Indian English lexis.2014, James Lambert, “Diachronic stability in Indian English lexis”, in World Englishes, page 116
- A rank directly below class.
- An object class derived from another class (its superclass) from which it inherits a base set of properties and methods.
Verb
subclass (third-person singular simple present subclasses, present participle subclassing, simple past and past participle subclassed)
- (in object-oriented programming) To create a subclass of (some class).
- I subclassed the Button class to create a more specialised FancyButton class for my user interface.
- To cause (an object) to act as an instance of a subclass (by creating the desired subclass and instantiating an object of this subclass).
- Since Windows knows about these events, your application should be able to know about them as well. In order to accomplish this, subclass the window of a form or control, intercepting all of its events.2000, James D. Foxall, MCSD in a Nutshell: The Visual Basic Exams, page 93
subclass meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Telugu and Malayalam
subclass in Tamil
- இன உட்பிரிவு
subclass in Bengali
- সাবক্লাস
subclass in Telugu
- taxonomy
- ఉపతరగతి upataragati
subclass in Malayalam
- സബ്ക്ലാസ്
More languagesFewer languages
- subclass in Nepali
- सबक्लास
- subclass in Tagalog
- kubliphay
Examples of subclass in a sentence
- The protected modifier makes a class member visible to subclasses, but not to external code.
- Narrow performs a type-safe conversion into an instance of a subclass.
- Syringic acid, also known as 4-hydroxy-3,5-dimethoxybenzoic acid, is a member of the hydroxybenzoic acid subclass.
Synonyms of subclass
- subset
- child class
- derived class
- heir class
Antonyms
Forms of subclass
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | subclasses |
| alternative form | sub-class |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | subclasses |
| present participle | subclassing |
| past participle | subclassed |
| past | subclassed |
Origin of subclass
From sub- + class.
Words formed from subclass
Questions about subclass
- What does subclass mean?
- Subclass means a secondary class within a main class.
- What is subclass in Tamil?
- Subclass in Tamil is இன உட்பிரிவு. See Subclass meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is subclass?
- Subclass can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce subclass?
- Subclass is pronounced /ˈsʌbklæs/.
- What is the plural of subclass?
- The plural of subclass is subclasses.
Words near subclass in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: subclass (page history and authors); subclass (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); subclass (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); subclass (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); subclass (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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