subset

• Ensemble dont tous les éléments appartiennent également à un autre ensemble ; ensemble contenu dans un autre ensemble.

A set whose members are all members of another set; a set contained within another set.

1. Mathematical subsetB2formal

   A set whose elements are all contained within another, larger set.

   sous-ensemble (mathématiques)

   • The set of even numbers is a subset of the set of integers.
   • Every set is a subset of itself.
   • The empty set is a subset of every set.

2. General subsetB2formal

   A group of things that is part of a larger group.

   sous-ensemble

   • This study focuses on a subset of the population.
   • Only a small subset of the data was analyzed.
   • The committee represents a subset of the entire organization.

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