Definition of subtract

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

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Diminish :: Diminish (v. t.) To take away; to subtract.
Substraction :: Substract (v. t.) To subtract; to withdraw.
Subtrahend :: Subtractive (a.) Having the negative sign, or sign minus..
Deduct :: Deduct (v. t.) To take away, separate, or remove, in numbering, estimating, or calculating; to subtract; -- often with from or out of..
Remainder :: Remainder (n.) The quantity or sum that is left after subtraction, or after any deduction..
Subtraction :: Subtracter (n.) The subtrahend.
Subduction :: Subduct (v. t.) To subtract by arithmetical operation; to deduct.
Subtractive :: Subtraction (n.) The withdrawing or withholding from a person of some right to which he is entitled by law.
Deduce :: Deduce (v. t.) To take away; to deduct; to subtract; as, to deduce a part from the whole..
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.
Difference :: Difference (n.) The quantity by which one quantity differs from another, or the remainder left after subtracting the one from the other..
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..
Subtraction :: Subtraction (n.) The act or operation of subtracting or taking away a part.
Cloff :: Cloff (n.) Formerly an allowance of two pounds in every three hundred weight after the tare and tret are subtracted; now used only in a general sense, of small deductions from the original weight..
Subtractive :: Subtractive (a.) Tending, or having power, to subtract..
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..
Subtranslucent :: Subtrahend (n.) The sum or number to be subtracted, or taken from another..
Remain :: Remain (v. i.) To stay behind while others withdraw; to be left after others have been removed or destroyed; to be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or comprised.
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.
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