subgroup

  1. Noun.  A group within a larger group; a group whose members are some, but not all, of the members of a larger group.
  2. Noun.  (group theory) A subset ''H'' of a group ''G'' that is itself a group and has the same binary operation as ''G''.
  3. Verb.  To divide or classify into subgroups.

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