Microcategory

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A category that is a subset of a larger category (the macrocategory), especially one that has very few members.

    "The procedure consists of microcategory detection, and feature matching to detect macrocategories."

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"The procedure consists of microcategory detection, and feature matching to detect macrocategories."

Etymology

From micro- + category.

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