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SUBGROUP

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Dictionary entry overview: What does subgroup mean?

• SUBGROUP (noun)
The noun SUBGROUP has 2 senses:

1. a distinct and often subordinate group within a group
2. (mathematics) a subset (that is not empty) of a mathematical group

Familiarity information: SUBGROUP used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• SUBGROUP (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A distinct and often subordinate group within a group

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("subgroup" is a kind of...):

group; grouping (any number of entities (members) considered as a unit)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "subgroup"):

bench (the reserve players on a team)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

(mathematics) a subset (that is not empty) of a mathematical group

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("subgroup" is a kind of...):

group; mathematical group (a set that is closed, associative, has an identity element and every element has an inverse)

Domain category:

math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)

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