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An object class derived from another class (its superclass) from which it inherits a base set of properties and methods.
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A rank directly below class
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A secondary class within a main class.
verb
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(in object-oriented programming) To create a subclass of (some class).
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I subclassed the Button class to create a more specialised FancyButton class for my user interface.
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To cause (an object) to act as an instance of a subclass (by creating the desired subclass and instantiating an object of this subclass).
Examples of subclasses in a Sentence
Herein he divided the class A y es into two subclasses, to which he applied the names of Insessores and Grallatores (hitherto used by their inventors Vigors and Illiger in a different sense), in the latter work relying chiefly for this division on characters which had not before been used by any systematist, namely that in the former group monogamy generally prevailed and the helpless nestlings were fed by their parents, while the latter group were mostly polygamous, and the chicks at birth were active and capable of feeding themselves.
Newton accepted the three subclasses of Huxley, Saururae, Ratitae and Carinitae, and made a series of cautious but critical observations on the minor divisions of the Carinates.
In 1816, de Blainville, 4 adopting Latreille's view, divided the Linnaean Amphibia into Squamiferes and Nudipelliferes, or Amphibiens; though he offered an alternative arrangement, in which the class Reptiles is preserved and divided into two subclasses, the Ornithoides and the Ichthyoides.
Eichler, attempted to remove this disadvantage which since the time of Jussieu had characterized the French system, and in 1883 grouped the Dicotyledons in two subclasses.
Existing mammals may be primarily divided into three main groups, or subclasses, of which the second and third are much more closely related to one another than is either of them to the first.
Some you will no doubt want to refine by creating subclasses with more specialized behavior.
The replaceObject method is used by trusted subclasses to allow objects within the graph to be replaced or monitored during serialization.
The widget's class can be any number of subclasses down the chain and need not be an immediate subclass of the specified class.
The first two are subclasses of number, all are subclasses of object (by default ).
Where a further subdivision is desirable without descending to the next lower term of grouping, the prefix "sub" is made use of, so that a class may be divided first of all into subclasses each of which is divided into orders, and an order into sub-orders each of which bears a group of families.
The widget 's class can be any number of subclasses down the chain and need not be an immediate subclass of the specified class.
The first two are subclasses of number, all are subclasses of object (by default).
Tractable lifted problems can explain known tractability results as well as generate new tractable subclasses.
This condition results in the loss of several antibody classes and subclasses, including most IgG antibodies and all IgA and IgE antibodies.
This procedure both quantifies the amount of each antibody present and identifies the various classes and subclasses of antibodies.
As of 2004 no specific treatment cured common variable immunodeficiency; each child is treated according to the individual clinical condition, the symptoms presented, and the antibody subclasses shown to be absent or deficient.
In some children, delayed maturation of certain IgG subclasses will make the condition a temporary one that corrects itself as more typical levels of the IgG antibodies develop.