Subtraction - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|səbˈtrækʃn|
Brit.
|səbˈtrækʃn|
noun
- an arithmetic operation in which the difference between two numbers is calculated (syn: minus)
the subtraction of three from four leaves one
- the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole) (syn: deduction)he complained about the subtraction of money from their paychecks
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The children are learning addition and subtraction.
...the restaurant may not have raised the price, but there's definitely been a subtraction in the number of fries in a side order...
The children learned addition and subtraction.
Addition and subtraction are inverse operations.
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