English Explanatory Dictionary

subvariety

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A secondary or subsidiary variety.
  2. A subset of a variety which is itself a variety.
  3. A subordinate language variety.
  4. A rank below that of variety.

Word forms

subvariety subvarieties

Etymology

From sub- + variety.

Synonyms

subvar.

Derived words

algebraic subvariety
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