superclass

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Noun

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Wikipedia superclass (plural superclasses)

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

Verb

to superclass (third-person singular simple present superclasses, present participle superclassing, simple past and past participle superclassed)

  1. (transitive) (computing, object-oriented programming) To create a superclass of.

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