subspace

noun/ˈsʌbˌspeɪs/

Frequency rank: #14,541 most common English word

Meaning

A subset of a space that itself satisfies all the properties required to be called a space of the same type.

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Example sentence

The mathematician proved that every vector in the set belongs to subspace defined by those two basis vectors.

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