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sub·class | \ ˈsəb-ˌklas 
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\Definition of subclass
: a primary division of a class: such as
a : a category in biological classification ranking below a class and above an order
b : subset sense 1
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Recent Examples on the Web Within these two subclasses of antibodies, if test subjects have had COVID-19, their body should make COVID-19 specific antibodies of each type of antibody the test can detect.
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Amanda Morris, azcentral, "Private labs see high demand for COVID-19 antibody test that detects past infections," 11 Apr. 2020 The exploit spotted by Segura is a common subclass of browser lock attacks.
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Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, "Actively exploited bug in fully updated Firefox is sending users into a tizzy," 5 Nov. 2019 Four-, five- and higher-dimensional shapes are essentially untamable: the range of possibilities is so enormous that mathematicians have limited their ambitions to understanding specialized subclasses of them.
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Quanta Magazine, "Getting Into Shapes: From Hyperbolic Geometry to Cube Complexes and Back," 2 Oct. 2012 Anatomy Like rays and skates, sharks fall into a subclass of fish called elasmobranchii.
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National Geographic, "Sharks," 22 July 2019 Absent that, the court would be unable to ascertain the members of the political subclass of applicants on whose behalf plaintiffs are seeking relief.
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Dan Eaton, San Diego Union-Tribune, "Update: Conservative applicants’ challenge to Google hiring practices clears one hurdle, faces others," 24 June 2019 The lawsuit divides damage subclasses into two categories: those who were affected by the tear gas, pepper spray, pepper bullets, or other chemical agents and those who were subject to physical force by Phoenix police.
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azcentral, "Lawsuit stemming from Phoenix police actions after Trump appearance goes before judge," 12 June 2019 The post-Atkins decade saw the rise of good fats, a nonscientific subclass of fats that includes the unsaturated fats in avocado, fish, and coconut oil.
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Jamie Lauren Keiles, Vox, "How low-fat dairy came to rule the US — and why that’s changing.," 20 Dec. 2018 But one subclass of the 3,000 or so satellites swarming around Earth is particularly useful: the 400 that pirouette around the planet at roughly 22,000 miles above the equator.
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NBC News, "Alien satellites might offer a new way to find E.T.," 19 Mar. 2018
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subclass
nounsub·class | \ ˈsəb-ˌklas \
\Medical Definition of subclass
: a category in biological classification ranking below a class and above an order
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The first known use of subclass was in 1720
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