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Subcollection is an English word. Below you'll find 2 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Subcollection in a sentence

Subcollection meaning

A subset of a collection.

Using Subcollection

  • The main meaning on this page is: A subset of a collection.

Context around Subcollection

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 31 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 0 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

finite 1×

Sentence patterns with Subcollection

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a finite subcollection with empty 1× is a subcollection of another 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

closed sets also 1× the first one 1×

Common sentence endings:

with empty intersection 1×

Words around Subcollection

Just before it in the word index:

subcode 4 subco 2 subclinical 12 subclauses 2 subclassifications 2 subclassification 2

Just after it in the word index:

subcommanders 2 subcommission 2 subcommittee 285 subcommittees 27 subcompact 25 subcomponents 4

Similar in corpus frequency:

aabc 4 aacr 4 aacsb 4 aadar 4 aadk 4 aadujeevitham 4

Corpus analysis for Subcollection

  • In this selection, "subcollection" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 31 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, finite stand out and add context to how "subcollection" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a finite subcollection with empty and is a subcollection of another. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "subcollection" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with subcollection

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

The first one describes that one item is an instance of some collection, the second one that one collection is a subcollection of another one. (25 words)

Closed sets also give a useful characterization of compactness: a topological space X is compact if and only if every collection of nonempty closed subsets of X with empty intersection admits a finite subcollection with empty intersection. (37 words)

Longer example sentences

Closed sets also give a useful characterization of compactness: a topological space X is compact if and only if every collection of nonempty closed subsets of X with empty intersection admits a finite subcollection with empty intersection. (37 words)

The first one describes that one item is an instance of some collection, the second one that one collection is a subcollection of another one. (25 words)

Example sentences (2)

Closed sets also give a useful characterization of compactness: a topological space X is compact if and only if every collection of nonempty closed subsets of X with empty intersection admits a finite subcollection with empty intersection.

The first one describes that one item is an instance of some collection, the second one that one collection is a subcollection of another one.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "subcollection" in a sentence?
An example: "Closed sets also give a useful characterization of compactness: a topological space X is compact if and only if every collection of nonempty closed subsets of X with empty intersection admits a finite subcollection with empty intersection." This page contains 2 example sentences with the word "subcollection" from authentic English texts.
What does "subcollection" mean?
Subcollection means: A subset of a collection.
How many example sentences with "subcollection" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 2 example sentences with "subcollection", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.