Subclass

//ˈsʌbklæs//

Synonyms for "subclass" (30 found)

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Related word relations

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8 relation types

Translations

44 translations across 21 languages.

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Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 亞綱 /亚纲 noun (taxonomy)
  • 子類 /子类 noun (secondary class)
  • 子類別 /子类别 noun (secondary class)
  • 子類別 /子类别 noun (computing)

Czech

2 entries
  • podtřída noun (taxonomy)
  • podtřída noun (computing)

Dutch

2 entries
  • onderklasse noun (taxonomy)
  • subklasse noun (taxonomy)

Finnish

3 entries
  • alaluokka noun (secondary class)
  • alaluokka noun (taxonomy)
  • aliluokka noun (computing)

French

3 entries
  • classe fille noun (computing)
  • sous-classe noun (secondary class)
  • sous-classe noun (taxonomy)

Galician

1 entries
  • subclase noun (taxonomy)

German

4 entries
  • Kindklasse noun (computing)
  • Subklasse noun (taxonomy)
  • Subklasse noun (computing)
  • Unterklasse noun (taxonomy)

Greek

1 entries
  • υποκλάση noun (computing)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • undirflokkur noun (taxonomy)
  • undirklasi noun (computing)

Irish

2 entries
  • fo-aicme noun (taxonomy)
  • fo-aicme noun (computing)

Japanese

3 entries
  • サブクラス noun (taxonomy)
  • サブクラス noun (computing)
  • 亜綱 noun (taxonomy)

Korean

1 entries
  • 아강 noun (taxonomy)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • poklasis noun (taxonomy)

Polish

2 entries
  • podklasa noun (taxonomy)
  • podklasa noun (computing)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • subclasse noun (taxonomy)
  • subclasse noun (computing)

Russian

3 entries
  • класс-насле́дник noun (computing)
  • подкла́сс noun (taxonomy)
  • подкла́сс noun (computing)

Swedish

2 entries
  • subklass noun (taxonomy)
  • underklass noun (taxonomy)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • kubliphay noun (taxonomy)

Telugu

1 entries
  • ఉపతరగతి noun (taxonomy)

Turkish

2 entries
  • altsınıf noun (taxonomy)
  • altsınıf noun (computing)

Volapük

1 entries
  • donaklad noun (taxonomy)

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

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1959, "Steam's Finest Hour" edited by David P. Morgan, Kalmbach Publishing Co., referring to the R-1 Mountain class loco. These 4-8-2's, of which B&M eventually purchased 18 in various subclasses, could almost haul the tonnage of a T and more than made up for the slight deficiency by raising the maximum speed limit from 45 to 70 miles per hour, thanks to 73-inch drivers.

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Goffin is a prose text interspersed with short lists of typical terms exemplifying certain sub-classes of Indian English lexis.

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I subclassed the Button class to create a more specialised FancyButton class for my user interface.

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Since Windows knows about these events, your application should be able to know about them as well. In order to accomplish this, subclass the window of a form or control, intercepting all of its events.

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