Subgroup

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Subgroup \Sub"group`\, n. (Biol.)
     A subdivision of a group, as of animals. --Darwin.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  subgroup
       n 1: a distinct and often subordinate group within a group
       2: (mathematics) a subset (that is not empty) of a mathematical
          group

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  61 Moby Thesaurus words for "subgroup":
     adjunct, blood, bracket, branch, caste, category, clan, class,
     component, contingent, cross section, detachment, detail, division,
     dole, estate, fraction, grade, group, grouping, head, heading,
     installment, item, kin, label, level, order, parcel, part,
     particular, percentage, pigeonhole, portion, position, predicament,
     quadrant, quarter, quota, race, random sample, rank, rating,
     remainder, rubric, sample, sampling, section, sector, segment,
     sept, set, share, station, status, strain, stratum, subdivision,
     suborder, subspecies, title