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Subspace vs Subbundle - What's the difference?

subspace | subbundle |

In mathematics|lang=en terms the difference between subspace and subbundle

is that subspace is (mathematics) a subset of a space which is a space in its own right while subbundle is (mathematics) a collection of linear subspaces of the fibers vx'' of ''v'' at ''x'' in ''x'' (where ''v'' is a vector bundle and ''x a topological space), that make up a vector bundle in their own right.

As nouns the difference between subspace and subbundle

is that subspace is (mathematics) a subset of a space which is a space in its own right or subspace can be (bdsm) the psychological state of the submissive or "bottom" during sadomasochistic activity while subbundle is (mathematics) a collection of linear subspaces of the fibers vx'' of ''v'' at ''x'' in ''x'' (where ''v'' is a vector bundle and ''x a topological space), that make up a vector bundle in their own right.

subspace

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(en noun)
  • (mathematics) A subset of a space which is a space in its own right.
  • (science fiction) Any (often unspecified) method of communicating faster than light.

    • Etymology 2

    (in sense of (submissive)), punning on the other etymology from (sub-).

    Noun

    (-)
  • (BDSM) The psychological state of the submissive or "bottom" during sadomasochistic activity.
  • * 2000 , Gloria G Brame, Come hither: a commonsense guide to kinky sex?
    • My problem, though, is that when he whips me, I resist going into subspace . He has to whip me for fifteen or twenty minutes before I even begin to feel any psychological effects.
  • * 2003 , Chelsea Shepard, Two Moons: Worthy of a Master Book One
    • When he was far gone into subspace , pain was enough to make him come.

    Coordinate terms

    * topspace

    subbundle

    English

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia subbundle)
  • (mathematics) A collection of linear subspaces of the fibers Vx'' of ''V'' at ''x'' in ''X'' (where ''V'' is a vector bundle and ''X a topological space), that make up a vector bundle in their own right.