Subclass

Definitions

1. A secondary class within a main class.
2. A rank directly below class.
3. An object class derived from another class (its superclass) from which it inherits a base set of properties and methods.

Equivalents

Examples

“1959, "Steam's Finest Hour" edited by David P. Morgan, Kalmbach Publishing Co., referring to the R-1 Mountain class loco. These 4-8-2's, of which B&M eventually purchased 18 in various subclasses, could almost haul the tonnage of a T and more than made up for the slight deficiency by raising the maximum speed⟳ limit⟳ from 45 to 70 miles per hour, thanks to 73-inch drivers.”

“Goffin is a prose text interspersed with short lists of typical terms exemplifying certain sub-classes of Indian English lexis.”

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