Subdivision vs Subclass - What's the difference?
subdivision | subclass |
(countable, uncountable) a division into smaller pieces of something that has already been divided; to separate something
(countable) such a piece that has been divided
(countable) a parcel of land that has been divided into lots
(countable) a group of houses created by the same builder or in the same general area
(taxonomy) A rank directly below class
(computing) In object-oriented programming, an object class derived from another class (its superclass) from which it inherits a base set of properties and methods.
(computing) In object-oriented programming, to create a subclass of.
(computing) To cause (a window or object) to act as a member of a subclass.
* 2000 , James D. Foxall, MCSD in a Nutshell: The Visual Basic Exams (page 93)
As nouns the difference between subdivision and subclass
is that subdivision is a division into smaller pieces of something that has already been divided; to separate something while subclass is a rank directly below class.As a verb subclass is
in object-oriented programming, to create a subclass of.subdivision
English
Noun
- Subdivide the sentence into pieces and understand it a bit at a time.
- Work on one subdivision at a time.
- They're putting in a new subdivision out past Black Ranch Road.
Derived terms
*subclass
English
Noun
(es)Antonyms
* superclassVerb
(es)- I subclassed the Button class to create a more specialised FancyButton class for my user interface.
- Since Windows knows about these events, your application should be able to know about them as well. In order to accomplish this, subclass the window of a form or control, intercepting all of its events.
