subcategory

See also: sub-category

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Etymology

sub- +‎ category

Noun

subcategory (plural subcategories)

  1. With respect to a given category, a more narrow category.
  2. (category theory) A subclass of a category which is itself a category, whose arrows are a restriction of the arrows of the parent category, and whose composition rule is a restriction of the parent category's

Synonyms
  • child category

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