noun🔗ShareAn object class derived from another class (its superclass) from which it inherits a base set of properties and methods."The "Student" class is a subclass of the "Person" class, inheriting properties like name and age. "computingtechnologytypeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA rank directly below class"In biology, animals are organized into categories; below the "class" of mammals, we find further divisions called "subclasses," such as marsupials and placentals. "structureorganizationtypesystembiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA secondary class within a main class."In biology, mammals are a class of animals, and dogs, cats, and humans are all examples of its subclasses. "typecomputingorganizationstructureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share(in object-oriented programming) To create a subclass of (some class)."I subclassed the Button class to create a more specialised FancyButton class for my user interface."computingtechnologytechnicalinternetChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo cause (an object) to act as an instance of a subclass (by creating the desired subclass and instantiating an object of this subclass)."Instead of directly manipulating the base object, the programmer chose to subclass it with specialized behaviors for each customer type. "computingtechnicallanguagestructureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
