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Additive :: Additive (a.) Proper to be added; positive; -- opposed to subtractive.

Subtranslucent :: Subtrahend (n.) The sum or number to be subtracted, or taken from another..

Subtracter :: Subtracter (n.) One who subtracts.

Deduct :: Deduct (v. t.) To take away, separate, or remove, in numbering, estimating, or calculating; to subtract; -- often with from or out of..

Affirmative :: Affirmative (a.) Positive; -- a term applied to quantities which are to be added, and opposed to negative, or such as are to be subtracted..

Subtraction :: Subtracter (n.) The subtrahend.

Prove :: Prove (v. t.) To test, evince, ascertain, or verify, as the correctness of any operation or result; thus, in subtraction, if the difference between two numbers, added to the lesser number, makes a sum equal to the greater, the correctness of the subtraction is proved..

Subtractive :: Subtractive (a.) Tending, or having power, to subtract..

Deduce :: Deduce (v. t.) To take away; to deduct; to subtract; as, to deduce a part from the whole..

Subduction :: Subduct (v. t.) To subtract by arithmetical operation; to deduct.

Subtract :: Subtracting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Subtrac.

Subdued :: Subduction (n.) Arithmetical subtraction.

Remainder :: Remainder (n.) The quantity or sum that is left after subtraction, or after any deduction..

Subtrahend :: Subtractive (a.) Having the negative sign, or sign minus..

Minus :: Minus (a.) Less; requiring to be subtracted; negative; as, a minus quantity..

Subtracting :: Subtracted (imp. & p. p.) of Subtrac.

Logarithm :: Logarithm (n.) One of a class of auxiliary numbers, devised by John Napier, of Merchiston, Scotland (1550-1617), to abridge arithmetical calculations, by the use of addition and subtraction in place of multiplication and division..

Subtracter :: Subtract (v. t.) To withdraw, or take away, as a part from the whole; to deduct; as, subtract 5 from 9, and the remainder is 4..

Borrow :: Borrow (v. t.) To take (one or more) from the next higher denomination in order to add it to the next lower; -- a term of subtraction when the figure of the subtrahend is larger than the corresponding one of the minuend.

Subtraction :: Subtraction (n.) The act or operation of subtracting or taking away a part.

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