"subgroup" meaning in English

See subgroup in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈsʌbˌɡɹuːp/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-subgroup.wav Forms: subgroups [plural]
Etymology: From sub- + group. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|sub|group}} sub- + group Head templates: {{en-noun}} subgroup (plural subgroups)
  1. A group within a larger group; a group whose members are some, but not all, of the members of a larger group. Synonyms (group within a group): subset Translations (group within a larger group): по́дгрупа (pódgrupa) [feminine] (Bulgarian), subgrup [masculine] (Catalan), 子群 (zǐqún) (Chinese Mandarin), 亞群 (Chinese Mandarin), 亚群 (yàqún) (Chinese Mandarin), podskupina [feminine] (Czech), aliryhmä (Finnish), sous-groupe [feminine] (French), subgrupo [masculine] (Galician), Untergruppe [feminine] (German), undirflokkur [masculine] (Icelandic), foghrúpa [masculine] (Irish), sottogruppo (Italian), 部分群 (bubungun) (alt: ぶぶんぐん) (Japanese), 亜群 (agun) (alt: あぐん) (Japanese), undergruppe [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), undergruppe [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), زیرگروه (zirgoruh) (Persian), podgrupa [feminine] (Polish), subgrupo [masculine] (Portuguese), subgrup [neuter] (Romanian), подгру́ппа (podgrúppa) [feminine] (Russian), podgrupa [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), подгрупа [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), subgrupo (Spanish), undergrupp [common-gender] (Swedish), alt -grup (Turkish), altöbek (Turkish), alttakım (Turkish)
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  2. (group theory) A subset H of a group G that is itself a group and has the same binary operation as G. Categories (topical): Group theory, Algebra, Collectives
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations ((group theory) group within a larger group): subgrup [masculine] (Catalan), podgrupa [feminine] (Czech), aliryhmä (Finnish), sous-groupe [masculine] (French), subgrupo [masculine] (Galician), Untergruppe [feminine] (German), részcsoport (Hungarian), hlutgrúpa [feminine] (Icelandic), foghrúpa [masculine] (Irish), sottogruppo [masculine] (Italian), subgrupo [masculine] (Portuguese), subgrup [neuter] (Romanian), подгру́ппа (podgrúppa) [feminine] (Russian), podgrupa [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), podgrupa [feminine] (Slovak), subgrupo [masculine] (Spanish), delgrupp [common-gender] (Swedish), altküme (Turkish)
Derived forms: Cartan subgroup, commutator subgroup, derived subgroup, Fitting subgroup, normal subgroup, proper subgroup, stabilizer subgroup, stable subgroup, subgroupiness, subsubgroup, torsion subgroup, trivial subgroup Disambiguation of '(group theory) group within a larger group': 54 46

Verb

IPA: /ˈsʌbˌɡɹuːp/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-subgroup.wav Forms: subgroups [present, singular, third-person], subgrouping [participle, present], subgrouped [participle, past], subgrouped [past]
Etymology: From sub- + group. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|sub|group}} sub- + group Head templates: {{en-verb}} subgroup (third-person singular simple present subgroups, present participle subgrouping, simple past and past participle subgrouped)
  1. To divide or classify into subgroups
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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "sub",
        "3": "group"
      },
      "expansion": "sub- + group",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From sub- + group.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "subgroups",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subgrouping",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subgrouped",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subgrouped",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "subgroup (third-person singular simple present subgroups, present participle subgrouping, simple past and past participle subgrouped)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To divide or classify into subgroups"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "divide",
          "divide"
        ],
        [
          "classify",
          "classify"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsʌbˌɡɹuːp/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-subgroup.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/36/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-subgroup.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-subgroup.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/36/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-subgroup.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-subgroup.wav.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "subgroup"
  ],
  "word": "subgroup"
}

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