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subkind

subkind noun: a specific type of kind; a subtype.

Noun

subkind (plural subkinds)

  1. A specific type of kind; a subtype.
    • The objects in the working kind may either be added to a an existing subkind of the associated kind or assigned as the initial value of a new permanent subkind created by the Add operation.1984, G. Schlageter, VLDB Endowment, Proceedings 1984 VLDB Conference: 10th International Conference on Very Large Data Bases, Morgan Kaufmann, page 21
    • In (36b) the subject NP refers to a subkind of the kind dogs that cannot bark and says that generally, the realizations of this subkind are expensive.1985, Donka Farkas, Intensional Descriptions and the Romance Subjunctive Mood, Taylor & Francis, page 30

Forms of subkind

pluralsubkinds

Origin of subkind

From sub- + kind.

Questions about subkind

What does subkind mean?
Subkind means a specific type of kind; a subtype.
What part of speech is subkind?
Subkind is a noun.
What is the plural of subkind?
The plural of subkind is subkinds.

Words near subkind in the dictionary

  1. subkilohertz
  2. subkilometer
  3. subkilometre
  4. subkilometric
  5. subkiloton
  6. subkind
  7. subkinds
  8. subking
  9. subkingdom
  10. subkingdoms
  11. subkings

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