subtraction

[sub·trac·tion]

In math, subtraction is when you take one number away from another number. In other words, the subtraction of two from five gives you an answer of three.

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The act or operation of subtracting or taking away a part.

Noun
the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole); "he complained about the subtraction of money from their paychecks"

Noun
an arithmetic operation in which the difference between two numbers is calculated; "the subtraction of three from four leaves one"; "four minus three equals one"

n.
The act or operation of subtracting or taking away a part.

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.

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

Subtraction

Sub*trac"tion , n. [L. subtractio a drawing back. See Subtract, and cf. Substraction.] 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. &hand; 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.

The act or operation of subtracting or taking away a part.

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Politics is human beings it's addition rather than subtraction.

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