subclass

Meanings

Plural: subclasses

Noun

• (biology) a taxonomic category below a class and above an order
• A secondary class within a main class.
• A rank directly below class.
• An object class derived from another class (its superclass) from which it inherits a base set of properties and methods.

Verb

• (in object-oriented programming) To create a subclass of (some class).
• To cause (an object) to act as an instance of a subclass (by creating the desired subclass and instantiating an object of this subclass).

Synonyms

child class, derived class, heir class, subset

Antonyms

superclass, superset, unsubclass