מחלקה

Hebrew

Root
ח־ל־ק (kh-l-q)

Noun

מַחְלָקָה • (makhlaká) f (plural indefinite מַחְלָקוֹת, singular construct מַחְלֶקֶת־, plural construct מַחְלְקוֹת־) [pattern: מִקְטָלָה]

1. A department, such as a university department, a government department, or a department of a hospital.

   הוא פרופסור במחלקה אחרת. — hu profésor b'makhlaká akhéret. — He's a professor in another department.

   • מחלקה on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he
2. (military) A platoon.
   • מחלקה (צבא) on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he
3. (mathematics) A class: a collection of sets defined by a common property.
4. (object-oriented programming, countable) class (a set of objects having the same behavior (but typically differing in state), or a template defining such a set in terms of its common properties, functions, etc)
   • מחלקה (תכנות) on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he
5. (biology) A class: a taxonomic rank below phylum and above order, or a taxon at that level.
   • מחלקה (טקסונומיה) on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he
6. (mathematics) A coset: the set (and hence group) consisting of the results of the group operation applied to an element of a group and each element of one of its subgroups.
   • מחלקה (תורת החבורות) on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he

Further reading

• מחלקה (פירושונים) on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he