(sociology) The social class of a given society that controls that society's political agenda, whether as formal aristocracy or party leadership or as an informal unit within democracies.

(object-oriented programming) A class that can be instantiated and may have concrete methods.

(Singapore, Hong Kong, informal) The middle class; specifically those who are too wealthy to qualify for welfare schemes but not rich enough to afford non-subsidized housing, access further opportunities or maintain lifestyle expectations.

(object-oriented programming) Synonym of subclass

(object-oriented programming) An inner class declared outside a function (hence a "member") and not declared as static.

(object-oriented programming) A class defined with at least one generic type in its parameters.

plural of class diagram

plural of class secretary

(crystallography) Any of 32 possible classes of crystals, arising from the 32 possible combinations of symmetry operations.

(computing, object-oriented programming) Alternative form of superclass / (taxonomy) Alternative form of superclass