Definition of Subtype

1. Noun. A group of specific things within a larger, more general group. ¹

2. Noun. (computing) The data type represented by a subclass. ¹

3. Verb. To categorise as a subtype. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Subtype

1. a type that is subordinate to or included in another type [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Subtype

subtropic
subtropical
subtropically
subtropicals
subtropics
subtrude
subtruded
subtrudes
subtruding
subtruncations
subtunic
subtunics
subturriculate
subtutor
subtutors
subtype (current term)
subtype polymorphism
subtype polymorphisms
subtyped
subtypes
subtypical
subtyping
subtypings
subucula
subuculas
subulate
subuliform
subumbonal
subumbonate
subumbrella

Literary usage of Subtype

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Diagnosis and Severity of Drug Abuse and Drug Dependence edited by Jack D. Blaine, Arthur M. Horton, Jr., Leland H. Towle (1997)
"PHYSIOLOGICAL subtype Issues Should DSM-IV have a stated method of subtyping ... The work group members discussed whether an optional subtype might provide ..."

2. Antiquities of the Mesa Verde National Park, Cliff Palace by Jesse Walter Fewkes (1911)
"Kiva M of Cliff Palace may be assigned to this subtype, although many examples of ... Kivas of the subtype are similar to those of the second type in that ..."

3. Antiquities of the Mesa Verde National Park, Cliff Palace by Jesse Walter Fewkes (1911)
"Kiva M of Cliff Palace may be assigned to this subtype, although many examples of ... Kivas of the subtype are similar to those of the second type in that ..."

4. Molecular Neurobiology: Proceedings of the 2nd NIMH Conference by Steven Zalcman (1995)
"... and Differences in Dopamine Receptor subtype Regulation: Molecular Mechanisms I. Creese and S.-X. Xu Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience, ..."

5. The Cereals in America by Thomas Forsyth Hunt (1908)
"Thus, subtype A, the grain broader than deep ; subtype B, the grain as broad as deep ; subtype C, the grain much deeper than broad. ..."

6. Permafrost: Second International Conference, July 13-28, 1973 : USSR by Frederick J. Sanger, Peter J. Hyde (1978)
"Among the regions for the occurrence of syngenetic permafrost of streaky subtype of complex form with multiple wedge ice we included: the north of western ..."

7. Azolla Utilization: Proceedings of the Workshop on Azolla Use, Fuzhou by International Rice Research Institute, Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences (1987)
"A) Structure of subtype ... structure in the subtype rubra differs in the nature of the ... (hatched) and subtype rubra (plain). ..."

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