Subset
noun
A part or group of a larger set of things or people.
In mathematics, numbers 1, 2, and 3 are a subset of the set of natural numbers.
Often appears as...
- subset of a set
- proper subset
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Academic
noun
A category within a larger category.
Fantastic literature is a subset of fictional literature.
Often appears as...
- subset of literature
- subset of people
noun
A secondary component of a larger set in computing.
In computing, two elements from a data set can form a subset.
Often appears as...
- subset of data
- subset of information
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Technical
noun
A part or group of a larger set of things or people.
In mathematics, numbers 1, 2, and 3 are a subset of the set of natural numbers.
Often appears as...
- subset of a set
- proper subset
Usage tips
Academic
noun
A category within a larger category.
Fantastic literature is a subset of fictional literature.
Often appears as...
- subset of literature
- subset of people
noun
A secondary component of a larger set in computing.
In computing, two elements from a data set can form a subset.
Often appears as...
- subset of data
- subset of information
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Not Always Numbers
A subset can include any related items, not just numbers.
Painters such as Monet and Degas are a subset of Impressionist artists.
Pro Tip 2/3Proper vs Improper
A proper subset doesn't contain all elements of the original set.
The set {1, 2} is a proper subset of {1, 2, 3}.
Pro Tip 3/3Inclusion Doesn't Equal Equality
A set with all items from another set is a subset but not vice versa.
The set of all fruits is a subset of all foods, but they are not the same.
Pro Tip 1/3Not Always Numbers
A subset can include any related items, not just numbers.
Painters such as Monet and Degas are a subset of Impressionist artists.
Pro Tip 2/3Proper vs Improper
A proper subset doesn't contain all elements of the original set.
The set {1, 2} is a proper subset of {1, 2, 3}.
Pro Tip 3/3Inclusion Doesn't Equal Equality
A set with all items from another set is a subset but not vice versa.
The set of all fruits is a subset of all foods, but they are not the same.
Pro Tip 1/3Not Always Numbers
A subset can include any related items, not just numbers.
Painters such as Monet and Degas are a subset of Impressionist artists.
Pro Tip 2/3Proper vs Improper
A proper subset doesn't contain all elements of the original set.
The set {1, 2} is a proper subset of {1, 2, 3}.
Pro Tip 3/3Inclusion Doesn't Equal Equality
A set with all items from another set is a subset but not vice versa.
The set of all fruits is a subset of all foods, but they are not the same.
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Chris McKnett: The...
It's an index of large companies from developed markets across the world. And in gold, we see a subset of companies rated as having the best ESG performance. Over three plus years, no performance tradeoff. So that's okay, right? We want more. I want more. In some cases, there may be outperformance
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How humans could evolve...
without needing to resort to wearing a suit of armor that weighs something equal to your own body weight, or needing to hide behind a wall of lead. So let us appeal to nature for inspiration. Among the plethora of life here on Earth, there's a subset of organisms known as extremophiles,
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A crash course in...
protons, neutrons, electrons. We arrange these atoms into this familiar table. We give them each a name and a number. But life as we know it doesn't need all of these, just a smaller subset, just these. And there are four atoms in particular that stand apart from the rest
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Why is yawning...
and partake in their emotion, a crucial ability for social animals like us. Recently, neuroscientists have found that a subset of mirror neurons allows us to empathize with others' feelings at a deeper level. Scientists discovered this empathetic response to yawning
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Susan Solomon: The...
the drug was an absolute lifesaver, but unfortunately, for another subset of those people, they suffered pretty severe heart side effects, and for a subset of those people, the side effects were so severe, the cardiac side effects, that they were fatal.
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How to Raise Successful...
unless the parent is protecting and preventing at every turn and hovering over every happening, and micromanaging every moment, and steering their kid towards some small subset of colleges and careers. When we raise kids this way, and I'll say we,
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How fire shapes...
and the rest these are the fossil fallow of an industrial society and with them we have begun once more to remake the world you know traditionally we have thought of fire history as a subset of natural history particularly
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Mountaineering: Height...
small subset of climbers dedicated to climbing the world's most difficult and dangerous mountains in lightning quick style sometimes even without the safety of a robe to this core group highest doesn't mean hardest
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How Twitter needs to...
for that subset, for women, for women of color and black women? Yeah. So it's a pretty terrible situation when you're coming to a service that, ideally, you want to learn something about the world,
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12 sustainable design...
It's not easy, because life uses only a subset of the elements in the periodic table. And we use all of them, even the toxic ones.
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Chris McKnett: The...
It's an index of large companies from developed markets across the world. And in gold, we see a subset of companies rated as having the best ESG performance. Over three plus years, no performance tradeoff. So that's okay, right? We want more. I want more. In some cases, there may be outperformance
Video examples
How humans could evolve...
without needing to resort to wearing a suit of armor that weighs something equal to your own body weight, or needing to hide behind a wall of lead. So let us appeal to nature for inspiration. Among the plethora of life here on Earth, there's a subset of organisms known as extremophiles,
Video examples
A crash course in...
protons, neutrons, electrons. We arrange these atoms into this familiar table. We give them each a name and a number. But life as we know it doesn't need all of these, just a smaller subset, just these. And there are four atoms in particular that stand apart from the rest
Video examples
Why is yawning...
and partake in their emotion, a crucial ability for social animals like us. Recently, neuroscientists have found that a subset of mirror neurons allows us to empathize with others' feelings at a deeper level. Scientists discovered this empathetic response to yawning
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Susan Solomon: The...
the drug was an absolute lifesaver, but unfortunately, for another subset of those people, they suffered pretty severe heart side effects, and for a subset of those people, the side effects were so severe, the cardiac side effects, that they were fatal.
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How to Raise Successful...
unless the parent is protecting and preventing at every turn and hovering over every happening, and micromanaging every moment, and steering their kid towards some small subset of colleges and careers. When we raise kids this way, and I'll say we,
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How fire shapes...
and the rest these are the fossil fallow of an industrial society and with them we have begun once more to remake the world you know traditionally we have thought of fire history as a subset of natural history particularly
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Mountaineering: Height...
small subset of climbers dedicated to climbing the world's most difficult and dangerous mountains in lightning quick style sometimes even without the safety of a robe to this core group highest doesn't mean hardest
Video examples
How Twitter needs to...
for that subset, for women, for women of color and black women? Yeah. So it's a pretty terrible situation when you're coming to a service that, ideally, you want to learn something about the world,
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12 sustainable design...
It's not easy, because life uses only a subset of the elements in the periodic table. And we use all of them, even the toxic ones.
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Charles Best
American Businessman
I get my share of 'cold' requests via LinkedIn from people who are launching non-profit or for-profit ventures and who request a meeting to get my input or help. I wish I could say yes to all of them, but given limited bandwidth, I say yes to the subset who've written a compelling description of their work and who are underrepresented.
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Garth Nix
Australian Writer
There is a very big difference between writing for children and writing for young adults. The first thing I would say is that 'Young Adult' does not mean 'Older Children', it really does mean young but adult, and the category should be seen as a subset of adult literature, not of children's books.
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John McAfee
American Businessman
The most astonishing subset of the Deep Web is a collection of dark alleys called the Dark Web. The Dark Web is generally thought of as a collection of criminal elements intent on subverting the law, stealing our money, and possibly kidnapping our daughters.
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Dominic Cummings
British Public Servant
Regardless of political affiliation most of the policy/media world, as a subset of 'the educated classes' in general, tended to hold a broadly 'blank slate' view of the world mostly uninformed by decades of scientific progress.
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Janine Benyus
American Writer
Green chemistry is replacing our industrial chemistry with nature's recipe book. It's not easy, because life uses only a subset of the elements in the periodic table. And we use all of them, even the toxic ones.
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Tony Evans
Black lives matter, as a subset of all lives matter. So any injustices to a particular group must be addressed specific to that group but under the banner that all life is created in the image of God.
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Peter Coyote
American Actor
Business is a subset of the environment, not the other way around. You can't have a healthy economy, you can't have a healthy anything in a degraded environment.
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Duff McKagan
American Musician
I've had a panic disorder since I was sixteen, and they always said that's a subset of depression. And I'm like, 'I don't have depression.
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Jeff Jordan
American Businessman
You should always look for opportunities to test innovations on a subset of users if you can.
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Colson Whitehead
American Novelist
I'm of that subset of native New Yorkers who can't drive.
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Charles Best
American Businessman
I get my share of 'cold' requests via LinkedIn from people who are launching non-profit or for-profit ventures and who request a meeting to get my input or help. I wish I could say yes to all of them, but given limited bandwidth, I say yes to the subset who've written a compelling description of their work and who are underrepresented.
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Garth Nix
Australian Writer
There is a very big difference between writing for children and writing for young adults. The first thing I would say is that 'Young Adult' does not mean 'Older Children', it really does mean young but adult, and the category should be seen as a subset of adult literature, not of children's books.
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John McAfee
American Businessman
The most astonishing subset of the Deep Web is a collection of dark alleys called the Dark Web. The Dark Web is generally thought of as a collection of criminal elements intent on subverting the law, stealing our money, and possibly kidnapping our daughters.
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Dominic Cummings
British Public Servant
Regardless of political affiliation most of the policy/media world, as a subset of 'the educated classes' in general, tended to hold a broadly 'blank slate' view of the world mostly uninformed by decades of scientific progress.
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Janine Benyus
American Writer
Green chemistry is replacing our industrial chemistry with nature's recipe book. It's not easy, because life uses only a subset of the elements in the periodic table. And we use all of them, even the toxic ones.
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Tony Evans
Black lives matter, as a subset of all lives matter. So any injustices to a particular group must be addressed specific to that group but under the banner that all life is created in the image of God.
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Peter Coyote
American Actor
Business is a subset of the environment, not the other way around. You can't have a healthy economy, you can't have a healthy anything in a degraded environment.
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Duff McKagan
American Musician
I've had a panic disorder since I was sixteen, and they always said that's a subset of depression. And I'm like, 'I don't have depression.
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Jeff Jordan
American Businessman
You should always look for opportunities to test innovations on a subset of users if you can.
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Colson Whitehead
American Novelist
I'm of that subset of native New Yorkers who can't drive.
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