Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A set contained within a set.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In mathematics, a proper part or the whole of the set: thus, a subset of S is a set every element of which belongs to S.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun set theory With respect to another set, a
set such that each of itselements is also an element of the other set. - noun A group of things or people, all of which are in a specified larger group.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a set whose members are members of another set; a set contained within another set
Etymologies
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Examples
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Indeed, the bigger point to be made is that empiricism is all that we have to explain anything that we wish to understand, “physics” being only what we call a subset of empirically-based theories.
Paul Nelson makes a bizarre argument - The Panda's Thumb 2007
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You can call it what you want, but an ordered set such that each subset is contained within its superset is called a nested hierarchy.
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Each subset is strictly contained within its superset.
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Each subset is strictly contained within its superset, hence is meets the definition of a nested hierarchy to which you agree above.
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What would you call an arrangement such that each subset is strictly contained within its superset?
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You can call it what you want, but an ordered set such that each subset is contained within its superset is called a nested hierarchy.
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Re: my use of spanish phrases, it pisses off a certain subset of conservatives, just like my "People Eating Tasty Animals" hat pisses off a certain subset of liberals.
Tom McIntyre Explains His Picks for our 2009 Hunting and Fishing Heroes and Villians Face-Off 2009
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In order for thenre to be an ordered set such that each subset is contained within its superset, all members must share the same defining characteristics.
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Yeah, I'm not sure how high parental involvement is ever going to be outside of a certain subset of small upper-middle-class schools.
intertribal: things about public education I've learned from this job intertribal 2010
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This forms an ordered set such that each subset is strictly contained within its superset.
nuxiy commented on the word subset
A set in a set *thumbsup*
May 20, 2009
bilby commented on the word subset
I like to sit and watch the subset by the ⊂.
October 19, 2010
thtownse commented on the word subset
Bilby, I hope you get over your code.
October 19, 2010