Definition of Subtracts

1. Verb. (third-person singular of subtract) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Subtracts

1. subtract [v] - See also: subtract

Lexicographical Neighbors of Subtracts

subtotalling
subtotally
subtotals
subtract
subtracted
subtracter
subtracters
subtracting
subtraction
subtractions
subtractive
subtractively
subtractiveness
subtractor
subtractors
subtracts (current term)
subtrahend
subtrahends
subtransaction
subtransactions
subtranslucent
subtransparent
subtreasurer
subtreasurers
subtreasuries
subtreasury
subtree
subtrees
subtrend
subtrends

Literary usage of Subtracts

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Lancet (1842)
"... and in discouraging the productive employment of capital, while a property-tax interferes with trade and enterprise only so far as it subtracts capital. ..."

2. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Gospel According to St. Mark by Ezra Palmer Gould (1896)
"... the omission of lo*"20, with its account of the resurrection and ascension, subtracts not from the creed, but from confirmations of the creed. ..."

3. Annual of Scientific Discovery: Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art edited by David Ames Wells (1852)
"The former silicates constitute the azure or coarse blue, and the latter are partially decomposed by water, which subtracts a sub-silicate of potassa and ..."

4. The Romance of Modern Photography: Its Discovery & Its Achievements by Charles Robert Gibson (1908)
"If he prints yellow ink on to a paper, he merely subtracts the violet rays of light We ... A crimson- pink or red ink therefore subtracts the green rays. ..."

5. Abel's Theorem and the Allied Theory: Including the Theory of the Theta by Henry Frederick Baker (1897)
"adds the »-th column to the r-th, and, at the same time, subtracts the (p + r)th from the (p + t)th column. fr,,=t,gr,j!,, adds the (p+r)th and (p+i)th ..."

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