# Metadata Source URL:: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_subspace Topics:: #mathematic --- # Linear subspace - Wikipedia ## Highlights > [!quote]+ Updated on 241022_090353 > > In mathematics, and more specifically in linear algebra, a linear subspace, also known as a vector subspace[1][note 1] is a vector space that is a subset of some larger vector space. A linear subspace is usually simply called a subspace when the context serves to distinguish it from other types of subspaces.