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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A subdivision that has common differentiating characteristics within a larger category.
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- noun With respect to a given
category , a more narrowcategory . - noun category theory A
subclass of acategory 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
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Examples
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"The subcategory is the devaluation of peoples homes, and unemployment is right up there."
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"The subcategory is the devaluation of peoples homes, and unemployment is right up there."
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I have flagged this video on YouTube for "Hateful and abusive content" subcategory "bullying" -- everyone else should do the same.
Hillary Airs New Ad In Pennsylvania Hitting Obama's "Small-Town" Comments 2009
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There's always strange stuff for sale on eBay — does anybody really need elk antlers? — but some of the strangest is in a category called "Collectibles: Christianity," subcategory "Relics."
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SubCategory to Product (on "subcategory" field) shubham. mvp:
ASP.NET Forums shubham.mvp 2010
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Within the Design category, there is a Digital Art subcategory which is divided further into Altered Images, Cards, Tags and Other.
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As much as Cisco says UCS is a "subcategory" of servers, as you can see in this blog entry, the collection of new products does include, well, blade servers.
Light Reading: 2009
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As much as Cisco says UCS is a "subcategory" of servers, as you can see in this blog entry, the collection of new products does include, well, blade servers.
Light Reading: 2009
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The tone of this one got a little folksy for me at times, but in general it was a fun coming-of-age modern fantasy, YA, subcategory: crazy family.
mrissa: books read, early February mrissa 2010
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A special subcategory of the collection pattern is the competition pattern, where you only need a few of the pieces.
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