Subsetting

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The production of a subset. uncountable
  2. 2
    A secondary or subsidiary setting, one that makes up part of another setting.

    "Essentially, the interviewer needs to specify environmental settings and subsettings for each of the child's deviant and desirable behaviors."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of subset form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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selectionselectionsubclasssubclasssubgroupsubgroup

Example

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"Essentially, the interviewer needs to specify environmental settings and subsettings for each of the child's deviant and desirable behaviors."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From subset + -ing.

Etymology 2

From sub- + setting.

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