Sekirov Dictionary

subclass

/ˈsʌbklæs/

noun 3
verb 2
forms 3

noun3

•
A secondary class within a main class.
- Goffin is a prose text interspersed with short lists of typical terms exemplifying certain sub-classes of Indian English lexis. — 2014
A rank directly below class.
An object class derived from another class (its superclass) from which it inherits a base set of properties and methods.

verb2

•
(in object-oriented programming) To create a subclass of (some class).
- I subclassed the Button class to create a more specialised FancyButton class for my user interface.
To cause (an object) to act as an instance of a subclass (by creating the desired subclass and instantiating an object of this subclass).

forms

subclassed · subclassing · subclasses

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