superclass

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Noun

superclass (plural superclasses)

1. (computing, object-oriented programming) A high-level class that passes attributes and methods down the hierarchy to subclasses.
2. (taxonomy) A taxon ranking below a phylum and above a class.

Synonyms

• (computing) base class, parent class
• (general) superset

Antonyms

• subclass
• subset

Translations

• French: classe mère
• German: Überklasse
• Russian: надкла́сс

Verb

superclass (superclasses, present participle superclassing; past and past participle superclassed)

1. (transitive, computing, object-oriented programming) To create a superclass of.
   • 2001, Stephen Teilhet, Subclassing and Hooking With Visual Basic (page 223)

     Applications incorporating superclassing "clean up" by calling UnregisterClass on all superclassed classes.

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