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"he complained about the subtraction of money from their paychecks"nounthe act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole)
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"the subtraction of three from four leaves one"nounan arithmetic operation in which the difference between two numbers is calculated
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- difference the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend
- deduct make a subtraction
- remainder the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend
- subtract make a subtraction
- subtractive constituting or involving subtraction
- take off make a subtraction
- minus sign a sign indicating the operation of subtraction
- primary subtractive color for light any of the three colors that give the primary colors for light after subtraction from white light
- primary subtractive colour for light any of the three colors that give the primary colors for light after subtraction from white light