Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

proper subset

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.50 in modern English

Syllables
prop-er -sub-set
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a set that is a subset of the set, but not equal to it.

Example Sentences

  • "{2, 4, 5} is a proper subset of {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}, but {1, 2, 3, 4, 5} is not."

Inflected Forms

proper subsets (plural)

Questions

What does proper subset mean?
a set that is a subset of the set, but not equal to it.

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