Subgroup

Origin

- + group

Full definition of subgroup

Noun

1. A group within a larger group; a group whose members are some, but not all, of the members of a larger group.
2. (group theory) A subset H of a group G that is itself a group and has the same binary operation as G.

Synonyms

• (group within a group) subset

Derived terms

• Cartan subgroup
• Fitting subgroup
• normal subgroup
• proper subgroup
• trivial subgroup
• stable subgroup

Verb

1. To divide or classify into subgroups