"subcollection" meaning in All languages combined

See subcollection on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: subcollections [plural]
Etymology: From sub- + collection. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|sub|collection}} sub- + collection Head templates: {{en-noun}} subcollection (plural subcollections)
  1. A subset of a collection.

Inflected forms

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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From sub- + collection.",
  "forms": [
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
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        },
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
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        {
          "ref": "2018, Matthew Z. Wood, Comic Book Collections and Programming: A Practical Guide for Librarians:",
          "text": "Humor books are easy to catalog as a part of a comics collection—treat them as a subcollection of comics (aka fiction) and group them first by creator, then by series title, paying attention to volume numbers and/or dates of publication.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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      "id": "en-subcollection-en-noun-C6HYqn8P",
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          "collection",
          "collection"
        ]
      ]
    }
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      },
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    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
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    }
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        "English lemmas",
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        "Pages with entries",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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        {
          "ref": "2018, Matthew Z. Wood, Comic Book Collections and Programming: A Practical Guide for Librarians:",
          "text": "Humor books are easy to catalog as a part of a comics collection—treat them as a subcollection of comics (aka fiction) and group them first by creator, then by series title, paying attention to volume numbers and/or dates of publication.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "A subset of a collection."
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          "subset",
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      ]
    }
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}

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