subgroup
/ˈsʌbˌɡɹuːp/
subgroup noun: a group within a larger group; a group whose members are some, but not all, of the members of a larger group.
Noun
subgroup (plural subgroups)
- A group within a larger group; a group whose members are some, but not all, of the members of a larger group.
- Based on U.S. Bureau of the Census (1992c), other metropolitan areas that might be suitable for oversampling specific racial/ethnic subgroups include Miami (18% Cuban), New York City (7% Puerto Rican), Los Angeles (26% Mexican), and Honolulu (23% Japanese). Three techniques might be used to...1998, Robert A. Johnson, Prevalence of Substance Use Among Racial and Ethnic Subgroups in the United States, 1991-1993, Department of Health and Human Services, page B-11
- The most important application of dysprosium and terbium, which belong to a subgroup known as the heavy rare earths, is in devices called neodymium boron magnets, or neo magnets for short.2025 July 18, Timothy McLaughlin, “A Rebel Army Is Building a Rare-Earth Empire on China's Border. The Kachin Independence Organization fought for decades in obscurity. Now it's supplying essential...
- Synonyms:
- subset
- A subset H of a group G that is itself a group and has the same binary operation as G.
- Much of the information about a group can be gleaned from a study of its subgroups. For these reasons it is important to study the subgroup structure of the almost simple groups, and in particular their maximal subgroups.1990, Peter B. Kleidman, Martin W. Liebeck, The Subgroup Structure of the Finite Classical Groups, Cambridge University Press, page 1
- A subgroup H of an algebraic group G is called algebraic if H is an algebraic subvariety of G. Algebraic subgroups defined over k (as algebraic subvarieties) are called k-subgroups. An algebraic subgroup of an algebraic group is called k-closed or closed over k (resp. k-defined or defined over k)...1991, Gregori A. Margulis, Discrete Subgroups of Semisimple Lie Groups, Springer-Verlag, page 13
Verb
subgroup (third-person singular simple present subgroups, present participle subgrouping, simple past and past participle subgrouped)
subgroup meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
subgroup in Hindi
- उपसमूह
subgroup in Tamil
- உட் குலம், உட்குலம், உட்தொகுதி, கீழ்த்தொகுதி
subgroup in Marathi
- उपसमूह, उपगट
subgroup in Bengali
- উপগোষ্ঠী, উপদল, সাবগ্রুপ
More languagesFewer languages
- subgroup in Telugu
- ఉపసమూహం, ఉపసమూహము
- subgroup in Malayalam
- സബ്ഗ്രൂപ്പ്
- subgroup in Kannada
- ಉಪಗುಂಪು, ಉಪಸಮೂಹ
- subgroup in Gujarati
- પેટા જૂથ, પેટાજૂથ, ઉપસમૂહ
- subgroup in Odia
- ଉପଗୋଷ୍ଠୀ, ଉପଗୋଷ୍ଠି
- subgroup in Persian
- زیرگروه zirgoruh
Examples of subgroup in a sentence
- After a 10-day observation period, group 1 was divided into subgroup 1A (symptomatics) and subgroup 1B (asymptomatics).
- Every permutable subgroup of a finite group is semipermutable. The converse, however, is not necessarily true.
- The multiplicative subgroup of a Galois field is cyclic.
Synonyms of subgroup
Forms of subgroup
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | subgroups |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | subgroups |
| present participle | subgrouping |
| past participle | subgrouped |
| past | subgrouped |
Origin of subgroup
From sub- + group.
Words formed from subgroup
- Cartan subgroup
- commutator subgroup
- derived subgroup
- Fitting subgroup
- intersubgroup
- intrasubgroup
- normal subgroup
- proper subgroup
- stabilizer subgroup
- stable subgroup
- subgroupiness
- subsubgroup
- torsion subgroup
- trivial subgroup
Questions about subgroup
- What does subgroup mean?
- Subgroup means a group within a larger group; a group whose members are some, but not all, of the members of a larger group.
- What is subgroup in Hindi?
- Subgroup in Hindi is उपसमूह. See Subgroup meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is subgroup?
- Subgroup can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce subgroup?
- Subgroup is pronounced /ˈsʌbˌɡɹuːp/.
- What is the plural of subgroup?
- The plural of subgroup is subgroups.
Words near subgroup in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: subgroup (page history and authors); subgroup (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); subgroup (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); subgroup (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); subgroup (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); subgroup (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); subgroup (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); subgroup (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); subgroup (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); subgroup (Odia, 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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