Definition of Subsets

1. Noun. (plural of subset) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of subset) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Subsets

1. subset [n] - See also: subset

Lexicographical Neighbors of Subsets

subserous
subserve
subserved
subserves
subserviate
subservience
subserviences
subserviencies
subserviency
subservient
subserviently
subservientness
subserving
subsessile
subset
subsets (current term)
subshaft
subshafts
subshell
subshells
subshift
subshifts
subshock
subshrub
subshrubs
subside
subsided
subsidence
subsidences

Literary usage of Subsets

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

1. The Likelihood Principle by James O. Berger, Robert L. Wolpert (1988)
"The basic idea is to find subsets of z (often determined by statistics) which, when conditioned upon, change the pre-experimental measure. ..."

2. Sophus Lie's 1884 Differential Invariant Paper by Sophus Lie, Robert Hermann (1976)
"DIFFERENTIABLE subsets OF MANIFOLDS (4.4) We now briefly describe some material that will be useful in the next sections for defining "differential ..."

3. Geometric Computing Science: First Steps by Robert Hermann (1991)
"CROSS-SECTIONS OF PROCESSES WHOSE SOURCE CATEGORY IS A FAMILY OF subsets. ... Let U be a collection (U) of subsets of X. Consider U to be partially-ordered ..."

4. The Geometry of Non-linear Differential Equations, Bäcklund Transformations by Robert Hermann (1976)
"SOLUTION subsets OF EXTERIOR DIFFERENTIAL SYSTEMS Let us now consider very general exterior systems, and try to formulate some general ideas which will ..."

5. Step-by-Step Programming with Base SAS(R) Software by SAS Institute (2001)
"... Prerequisites Creating subsets of Observations Input SAS Data Set for Examples 160 Selecting Observations for a New SAS Data Set 161 Deleting ..."

6. Topics in Physical Geometry by Robert Hermann (1988)
"THE JACOBI VARIETY AND THE ORBITS OF HOLOMORPHIC VECTOR FIELDS ON OPEN subsets OF THE COMPLEX PLANE Consider a differential equation of the following form: ..."

7. Real Analysis by Andrew M. Bruckner, Judith B. Bruckner, Brian S. Thomson (1997)
"1:9.4 Show that each of the following classes of subsets of a set X is an ... (b) The class of all subsets of X. (c) The class of subsets E of X such ..."

8. Quantum Statistical Mechanics and Lie Group Harmonic Analysis by Norman Hurt, Robert Hermann (1980)
"Let I' be the smallest countably additive field of subsets of R ... Let M,M' be two spaces, with two specified fields 1,1' of subsets of H and H'. ..."

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