Associations to the word «Subclass»

Wiktionary

SUBCLASS, noun. (taxonomy) A rank directly below class
SUBCLASS, noun. (computing) In object-oriented programming, an object class derived from another class (its superclass) from which it inherits a base set of properties and methods.
SUBCLASS, verb. (transitive) (computing) In object-oriented programming, to create a subclass of.
SUBCLASS, verb. (transitive) (computing) To cause (a window or object) to act as a member of a subclass.

Dictionary definition

SUBCLASS, noun. (biology) a taxonomic category below a class and above an order.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats