SUBTRACTION
\sʌbtɹˈakʃən], \sʌbtɹˈakʃən], \s_ʌ_b_t_ɹ_ˈa_k_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of SUBTRACTION
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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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.
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The withdrawing or withholding from a person of some right to which he is entitled by law.
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n. Act or operation of subtracting or deducting;-the taking of a lesser number or quantity from a greater of the same kind or denomination-classified as simple, when the numbers or quantities are all of the same kind, and compound when the quantities are of different denominations.
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