subclass

About 1.13 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A secondary class within a main class.
2. noun A rank directly below class.
3. noun An object class derived from another class (its superclass) from which it inherits a base set of properties and methods.
4. verb (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.

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

Similar words

subcategory class subsector subgroup underclass subset subclasses subdivision subtype suborder

Often followed by

of is and to can that in the are

Word family

subclasses