subclass
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subclass (plural subclasses)
- (taxonomy) A rank directly below class
- (computing) In object-oriented programming, an object class derived from another class (its superclass) from which it inherits a base set of properties and methods.
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subclass (third-person singular simple present subclasses, present participle subclassing, simple past and past participle subclassed)
- (transitive, computing) In object-oriented programming, to create a subclass of.
- I subclassed the Button class to create a more specialised FancyButton class for my user interface.