subtraction

1. n. The act or operation of subtracting or taking away a part. Source: opted

2. 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. Source: opted

3. n. The withdrawing or withholding from a person of some right to which he is entitled by law. Source: opted

4. n. an arithmetic operation in which the difference between two numbers is calculated Source: wordnet

5. n. the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole) Source: wordnet

6. 1. The act or operation of subtracting or taking away a part. 2. (Math.) 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. 3. (Law) The withdrawing or withholding from a person of some right to which he is entitled by law. Note: Thus the subtraction of conjugal rights is when either the husband or wife withdraws from the other and lives separate without sufficient reason. The subtraction of a legacy is the withholding or detailing of it from the legatee by the executor. In like manner, the withholding of any service, rent, duty, or custom, is a subtraction, for which the law gives a remedy. Blackstone. Source: webster

7. The taking of a lesser number or quantity from a greater of thesame kind or denomination; an operation for finding the differencebetween two numbers or quantities. Source: adambom

8. n:100 n. an arithmetic operation in which the difference between two numbers is calculated n. the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole) Source: ecdict

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