subcategory

English

Alternative forms

• sub-category

Noun

subcategory (plural subcategories)

1. With respect to a given category, a more narrow category.
2. (category theory) A subclass of a category which is itself a category, whose arrows are a restriction of the arrows of the parent category, and whose composition rule is a restriction of the parent category's

Synonyms

• child category

Antonyms

• supercategory

Translations

more narrow category

Czech: podkategorie (cs) f. French: sous-catégorie (fr) f. Greek: υποκατηγορία (el) (ypokatigoria) f.

Irish: fochatagóir (ga) f.