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proper subset

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proper subset [′präp·ər ′səb‚set]
(mathematics)
A setXis a proper subset of a setYif there is an element ofYwhich is not inXwhileXis a subset ofY.


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1) above): (9) the members of each collection include those of the next as the proper subset (with soldier Brown representing a limiting case of a subset, though not of a collection, since the latter has two members as its limiting case).
A is a proper subset if all of its elements are also elements of B but not all the elements of B are contained in A (Figure 1b).
 
 
 
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