subcollection

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noun

A subset of a collection.

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Meanings

nounsubcollection (plural subcollections)

plural subcollections

  1. A subset of a collection.

    Humor books are easy to catalog as a part of a comics collection—treat them as a subcollection of comics (aka fiction) and group them first by creator, then by series title, paying attention to volume numbers and/or dates of publication.

    2018, Matthew Z. Wood, Comic Book Collections and Programming: A Practical Guide for Librarians

Origin

From sub- + collection.

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APA

subcollection. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subcollection

MLA

“subcollection.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subcollection. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “subcollection,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subcollection.

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