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What does subclass mean?

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Noun
  1. (object-oriented programming) An object class derived from another class (its superclass) from which it inherits a base set of properties and methods.
  2. (taxonomy) A rank directly below class
Verb
  1. (computing) (in object-oriented programming) To create a subclass of (some class).
  2. (computing) To cause (an object) to act as an instance of a subclass (by creating the desired subclass and instantiating an object of this subclass).
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