Definition of "subclass"

subclass

noun
plural subclasses
1. A secondary class within a main class.
  Quotations
  These 4-8-2's, of which B&M eventually purchased 18 in various subclasses, could almost haul the tonnage of a T and more than made up for the slight deficiency by raising the maximum speed limit from 45 to 70 miles per hour, thanks to 73-inch drivers.
  1959, "Steam's Finest Hour" edited by David P. Morgan, Kalmbach Publishing Co., referring to the R-1 Mountain class loco.
  Goffin is a prose text interspersed with short lists of typical terms exemplifying certain sub-classes of Indian English lexis.
  2014, James Lambert, “Diachronic stability in Indian English lexis”, in World Englishes, page 116
2. (taxonomy) A rank directly below class.
3. (object-oriented programming) An object class derived from another class (its superclass) from which it inherits a base set of properties and methods.
verb
third-person singular simple present subclasses, present participle subclassing, simple past and past participle subclassed
1. (transitive, computing) (in object-oriented programming) To create a subclass of (some class).
2. (transitive, computing) To cause (an object) to act as an instance of a subclass (by creating the desired subclass and instantiating an object of this subclass).
  Quotations
  Since Windows knows about these events, your application should be able to know about them as well. In order to accomplish this, subclass the window of a form or control, intercepting all of its events.
  2000, James D. Foxall, MCSD in a Nutshell: The Visual Basic Exams, page 93

Definition of "subclass"

subclass

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