🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

子集

Pronunciation / Transliteration: zǐ jí

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Subset/ˈsʌbˌsɛt/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"子集是一个所有元素都包含在另一个集合中的集合。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A set whose elements are all contained within another set.

    "In mathematics, the set of even numbers is a subset of the set of integers."
  2. 2

    A smaller group or portion derived from a larger group.

    "The research focused on a subset of the population that was affected by the policy changes."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'subset' is derived from the prefix 'sub-', meaning 'under' or 'below', and 'set', which comes from the Old French 'set', meaning 'to place'. The term emerged in the early 20th century, particularly in mathematical contexts, to describe a set that is contained within another set.

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🇫🇷French → English

sous-ensemble

Transliteration: su zɑ̃sɑ̃bl

"Un sous-ensemble est un ensemble dont tous les éléments sont contenus dans un autre ensemble."

🇩🇪German → English

Teilmenge

Transliteration: taɪlˌmɛŋɡə

"Eine Teilmenge ist eine Menge, deren Elemente alle in einer anderen Menge enthalten sind."

🇮🇹Italian → English

sottoinsieme

Transliteration: sottoin'sjɛme

"Un sottoinsieme è un insieme i cui elementi sono tutti contenuti in un altro insieme."

🇪🇸Spanish → English

subconjunto

Transliteration: subkon'xunto

"Un subconjunto es un conjunto cuyos elementos están todos contenidos en otro conjunto."

🇵🇹Portuguese → English

subconjunto

Transliteration: subkõ'ʒũtu

"Um subconjunto é um conjunto cujos elementos estão todos contidos em outro conjunto."

🇮🇳Hindi → English

उपसमुच्चय

Transliteration: upasamucchay

"एक उपसमुच्चय वह है जिसमें सभी तत्व किसी अन्य समुच्चय में शामिल होते हैं।"

🇨🇳Chinese → English

子集

Transliteration: zǐ jí

"子集是一个所有元素都包含在另一个集合中的集合。"

🇰🇷Korean → English

부분 집합

Transliteration: bubun jiphab

"부분 집합은 다른 집합에 포함된 모든 요소를 가진 집합입니다."

🇯🇵Japanese → English

部分集合

Transliteration: bubun shūgō

"部分集合は、他の集合に含まれるすべての要素を持つ集合です。"

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