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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries子集
Pronunciation / 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。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 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
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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10 Global Lexicons: How "Subset" is said worldwide
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sous-ensemble
Transliteration: su zɑ̃sɑ̃bl
"Un sous-ensemble est un ensemble dont tous les éléments sont contenus dans un autre ensemble."
Teilmenge
Transliteration: taɪlˌmɛŋɡə
"Eine Teilmenge ist eine Menge, deren Elemente alle in einer anderen Menge enthalten sind."
sottoinsieme
Transliteration: sottoin'sjɛme
"Un sottoinsieme è un insieme i cui elementi sono tutti contenuti in un altro insieme."
subconjunto
Transliteration: subkon'xunto
"Un subconjunto es un conjunto cuyos elementos están todos contenidos en otro conjunto."
subconjunto
Transliteration: subkõ'ʒũtu
"Um subconjunto é um conjunto cujos elementos estão todos contidos em outro conjunto."
उपसमुच्चय
Transliteration: upasamucchay
"एक उपसमुच्चय वह है जिसमें सभी तत्व किसी अन्य समुच्चय में शामिल होते हैं।"
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。"
부분 집합
Transliteration: bubun jiphab
"부분 집합은 다른 집합에 포함된 모든 요소를 가진 집합입니다."
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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