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subset

/ˈsʌbˌsɛt/

noun1 of 2

a small set which is part of a larger set

  • “Mathematics is just a subset of type theory.”Tatoeba

Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.

verb2 of 2

To extract only the portions of (a font) that are needed to display a particular document.

Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)

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