subtype
Speech parts
1. subtype - Noun
2. subtype - Verb
Meaning
A group of specific things within a larger, more general group.
(programming) The data type represented by a subclass.
subtype (third-person singular simple present subtypes, present participle subtyping, simple past and past participle subtyped)
To categorise as a subtype.
Synonyms
Phrases with the word
Examples
Alternative The multipart/alternative subtype indicates that each part is an "alternative" version of the same (or similar) content, each in a different format denoted by its "Content-Type" header.
Actually, it's a subtype of the object type.
After recruiting 10 human patients recently diagnosed with malignant pleural mesothelioma of the epithelial subtype, they cultured immature DC from their blood and exposed the DC to the antigen produced by the patients' tumors.
Bulbospinal polio Approximately 19% of all paralytic polio cases have both bulbar and spinal symptoms; this subtype is called respiratory or bulbospinal polio.
Another subtype is an island or bar formed by deposition of tiny rocks where water current loses some of its carrying capacity.
Consequently, even amongst individuals who meet the criteria for classification into a subtype, there can be enormous variability in the types of difficulties they experience.