Subset

"Subset" in a Sentence (15 examples)

Not all geniuses are engineers, but all engineers are geniuses. The set of all engineers is thus an, unfortunately proper, subset of all geniuses.

In American English, stoats are a subset of weasels, while in British English, they aren't.

Mathematics is just a subset of type theory.

Any simple graph can be treated as a subset of the set of all two-element subsets of the set of its vertices.

Rather than engaging in constructive discussions about technical topics on the website's wall, a subset of users has adopted it as a virtual hangout exclusively for indulging in gossip.

Instead of using the website's wall to exchange valuable insights and troubleshoot technical problems, a subset of users has deviated from its intended purpose, transforming it into a thriving space for gossip.

It seems that no matter what the Algerian translator does to enhance the website, a subset of users remains annoyed by his existence.

It appears that a subset of users remains consistently annoyed by the presence of the Algerian translator, regardless of his efforts to improve the website's content.

In another subset of studies involving 35,000 post-menopausal women who developed breast cancer, McTiernan said alcohol was found to be a greater risk factor.

The set of integers is a subset of the set of real numbers.

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The set #92;lbracea,b#92;rbrace is a both a subset and a proper subset of #92;lbracea,b,c#92;rbrace while the set #92;lbracea,b,c#92;rbrace is a subset of #92;lbracea,b,c#92;rbrace but not a proper subset of #92;lbracea,b,c#92;rbrace.

1963, David B. MacNeil, Modern Mathematics for the Practical Man, David Van Nostrand, Republished as 2013, David B. MacNeil, Fundamentals of Modern Mathematics: A Practical Review, Dover, page 3, In the foregoing example, the set D of the first four letters of the alphabet, was a subset of the set A of all the letters of the alphabet, because A includes all the members of D.

Let A be a subset of the topological space X and take x#92;inX.

We say that a set S has a finite partition into subsets S#95;1,#92;dots,S#95;n, if S#61;S#95;i#92;cup#92;dots#92;cupS#95;n, where the subsets are pairwise disjoint, that is, S#95;i#92;capS#95;j#61;#92;empty, if i#92;nej. (We do not require that the subsets be nonempty.)

We asked a subset of the population of the town for their opinion.

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