Definition of SUBCATEGORY

subcategory

Meanings

Plural: subcategories

Noun

  • With respect to a given category; a narrower category.
  • 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.

Origin / Etymology

From sub- + category.

Synonyms

child category, supercategory

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