subset
(noun)
noun
1. a set whose members are members of another set; a set contained within another set
Definition categories: group, set
Sentences with subset as a noun:
- The set of integers is a subset of the set of reals.
- The set {a, b} is a both a subset and a proper subset of {a, b, c} while the set {a, b, c} is a subset of {a, b, c} but not a proper subset of {a, b, c}.
- We asked a subset of the population of the town for their opinion.