subsets

/S AH1 B S EH0 T S/

noun

1
(of a set S) A set A such that every element of A is also an element of S.
“The set \lbrace a, b\rbrace is a both a subset and a proper subset of \lbrace a, b, c\rbrace while the set \lbrace a, b, c\rbrace is a subset of \lbrace a, b, c\rbrace but not a proper subset of \lbrace a, b, c\rbrace.”
2
A group of things or people, all of which are in a specified larger group.
“We asked a subset of the population of the town for their opinion.”

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verb

1
To take a subset of.
2
To extract only the portions of (a font) that are needed to display a particular document.

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