English Explanatory Dictionary

subcategory

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. With respect to a given category; a narrower category.
  2. A subclass of a category which is itself a category, whose arrows are a restriction of the arrows of the parent category, and whose composition rule is a restriction of the parent category's.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

subcategory subcategories sub-category

Etymology

From sub- + category.

Synonyms

child category supercategory

Translations

Czech: podkategorie Dutch: subcategorie French: sous-catégorie Georgian: ქვეკატეგორია German: Unterkategorie Greek: υποκατηγορία Icelandic: hlutríki Irish: fochatagóir Italian: sottocategoria Pannonian Rusyn: подкатеґория Polish: podkategoria Portuguese: subcategoria Russian: подкатегория Turkish: alt kategori
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