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subsetting

subsetting is the present participle and gerund of subset.

Meaning of subset

Verb

subset (third-person singular simple present subsets, present participle subsetting, simple past and past participle subsetted)

  1. (transitive) To take a subset of.
  2. (transitive) To extract only the portions of (a font) that are needed to display a particular document.

See all 4 meanings of subset

Noun (1)

subsetting (uncountable)

  1. The production of a subset.

Noun (2)

subsetting (plural subsettings)

  1. A secondary or subsidiary setting, one that makes up part of another setting.
    • Essentially, the interviewer needs to specify environmental settings and subsettings for each of the child's deviant and desirable behaviors.1974, Edwin J. Thomas, Behavior Modification Procedure: A Sourcebook, page 143

Forms of subsetting

pluralsubsettings

Origin of subsetting

From subset + -ing.

From sub- + setting.

Questions about subsetting

What does subsetting mean?
Subsetting means the production of a subset.
What is subsetting the present participle and gerund of?
Subsetting is the present participle and gerund of subset.
What part of speech is subsetting?
Subsetting is a noun.
What is the plural of subsetting?
The plural of subsetting is subsettings.

Words near subsetting in the dictionary

  1. subset classifier
  2. subset classifiers
  3. subsethood
  4. subsets
  5. subsetted
  6. subsetting
  7. subsettings
  8. subsewer
  9. subsewers
  10. subsextuple
  11. subsexual

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Adapted from Wiktionary: subsetting (page history and authors); subset (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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