subtraction, n.
(subtractions)
(subtractions)
the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole)
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
deduction subtraction
sample sentences
"he complained about the subtraction of money from their paychecks"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
an arithmetic operation in which the difference between two numbers is calculated
<noun.act>
minus subtraction
sample sentences
"the subtraction of three from four leaves one""four minus three equals one"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym