subclasses

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noun
  1. 1

    An object class derived from another class (its superclass) from which it inherits a base set of properties and methods.

  2. 2

    A rank directly below class

  3. 3

    A secondary class within a main class.

verb
  1. 1

    (in object-oriented programming) To create a subclass of (some class).

    โ€œI subclassed the Button class to create a more specialised FancyButton class for my user interface.โ€

  2. 2

    To cause (an object) to act as an instance of a subclass (by creating the desired subclass and instantiating an object of this subclass).

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Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/subclass, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/subclasses