English

Alternative forms

• super class

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.

Antonyms

• subclass

Hypernyms

• class

Translations

References

• superclass on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

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.
   • 2001, Stephen Teilhet, Subclassing and Hooking With Visual Basic (page 223)

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

See also

• (computing): abstract type, base class, interface