Definition of subtract

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

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Subdued :: Subduction (n.) Arithmetical subtraction.
Substractor :: Substraction (n.) See Subtraction, 3..
Subtrahend :: Subtractive (a.) Having the negative sign, or sign minus..
Subtraction :: Subtracter (n.) The subtrahend.
Subtranslucent :: Subtrahend (n.) The sum or number to be subtracted, or taken from another..
Substraction :: Substraction (n.) Subtraction; deduction.
Substractor :: Substractor (n.) One who subtracts.
Subtracter :: Subtracter (n.) One who subtracts.
Subtraction :: Subtraction (n.) The act or operation of subtracting or taking away a part.
Addition :: Addition (n.) The act of adding two or more things together; -- opposed to subtraction or diminution.
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..
Additive :: Additive (a.) Proper to be added; positive; -- opposed to subtractive.
Deduct :: Deduct (v. t.) To take away, separate, or remove, in numbering, estimating, or calculating; to subtract; -- often with from or out of..
Deduction :: Deduction (n.) Act of deducting or taking away; subtraction; as, the deduction of the subtrahend from the minuend..
Minus :: Minus (a.) Less; requiring to be subtracted; negative; as, a minus quantity..
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.
Subtracting :: Subtracted (imp. & p. p.) of Subtrac.
Subtraction :: Subtraction (n.) The taking of a lesser number or quantity from a greater of the same kind or denomination; an operation for finding the difference between two numbers or quantities.
Derogation :: Derogation (n.) An alteration of, or subtraction from, a contract for a sale of stocks..
Subtractive :: Subtractive (a.) Tending, or having power, to subtract..
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