subgroup

About 2.03 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A group within a larger group; a group whose members are some, but not all, of the members of a larger group.
2. noun A subset H of a group G that is itself a group and has the same binary operation as G.
3. verb To divide or classify into subgroups

Similar words

group grouping subclass subcategory subsector clustering subsidiary subcommittee cluster bicameral

Often followed by

of is and in analysis with within to a

Word family

subgroups