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subclass

[ suhb-klas, -klahs ]

noun

  1. a primary division of a class.
  2. a subordinate class, especially one of persons who lack the rights and privileges of the primary class:

    a subclass of migrant workers.

  3. Biology. a category of related orders within a class.


verb (used with object)

  1. to place in a subclass.

subclass

/ ˈsʌbˌklɑːs /

noun

  1. a principal subdivision of a class
  2. biology a taxonomic group that is a subdivision of a class
  3. maths another name for subset
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. tr to assign to a subclass
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

subclass

/ sŭbklăs′ /

  1. A taxonomic category of related organisms ranking below a class and containing one or more orders.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of subclass1

First recorded in 1810–20; sub- + class
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Example Sentences

Usually, the subclasses in D&D are restricted to a specific class, such as the Assassin for the Rogue.

The Iulid are cylindrical insects and occur in moist places, as do most of the representatives of this subclass.

This limitation of parts places them in a higher rank than the corals of the first subclass.

Yet arbitrary preference for classification in the headstock subclass may bep.

All subclasses indented under another subclass are species to the genus represented by the subclass under which they are indented.

Exhaustive division may be secured by maintaining always a residual or miscellaneous subclass.

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