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subset

Subset is defined as a portion, particularly in mathematics.

(noun)

An example of subset is a classroom to an entire school.
An example of subset is {4, 5, 6} from {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}.

See subset in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a mathematical set in which every element in the set is also contained in a larger set or in an equal set: the even numbers are a subset of the whole numbers

See subset in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A set contained within a set.

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