Subset

See: Subset Operation(⊂), Proper Subset Operation(⊆), Not Subset Operation(⊄), Subclass, Superset.

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References

2009

• wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
  • a set whose members are members of another set; a set contained within another set
• (Wikipedia, 2009) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subset
  • In mathematics, especially in set theory, a set A is a subset of a set B if A is "contained" inside B. Notice that A and B may coincide. The relationship of one set being a subset of another is called inclusion.
• http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/subset
  • Of a given set, a set all the elements of which are in the given set; A group of things or people, all of which are in a specified larger group

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