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sub⋅group

  [suhb-groop]
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–noun
1. a subordinate group; a division of a group.
2. Chemistry. a division of a group in the periodic table.
3. Mathematics. a subset of a group that is closed under the group operation and in which every element has an inverse in the subset.
Origin:
1835–45; sub- + group
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sub·group   (sŭb'grōōp')   
n.  

  1. A distinct group within a group; a subdivision of a group.

  2. A subordinate group.

  3. Mathematics A group that is a subset of a group.

tr.v.   sub·grouped, sub·group·ing, sub·groups
To divide into subgroups.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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