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},
{
"word": "set"
},
{
"word": "grouping"
}
],
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"group",
"group"
],
[
"telecommunications",
"telecommunications"
],
[
"multiplexed",
"multiplexed"
]
],
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"Any group composed of other groups.",
"(telecommunications) In the L-carrier system, a multiplexed group of channel groups."
],
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"word": "superset"
},
{
"word": "superclass"
},
{
"word": "supercategory"
}
],
"topics": [
"communications",
"electrical-engineering",
"engineering",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"telecommunications"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Geology"
],
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{
"word": "subgroup"
},
{
"word": "subset"
}
],
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"Any group composed of other groups.",
"A sequence of groups of formations that compose a coherent unit."
],
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{
"word": "group"
},
{
"word": "set"
},
{
"word": "grouping"
}
],
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[
"group",
"group"
],
[
"geology",
"geology"
],
[
"sequence",
"sequence"
],
[
"formation",
"formation"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"Any group composed of other groups.",
"(geology) A sequence of groups of formations that compose a coherent unit."
],
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{
"word": "superset"
},
{
"word": "superclass"
},
{
"word": "supercategory"
}
],
"topics": [
"geography",
"geology",
"natural-sciences"
]
}
],
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],
"translations": [
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"lang_code": "nl",
"sense": "group of star musicians, from other bands",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "supergroep"
}
],
"word": "supergroup"
}
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