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Definition of Subtractions
1. subtraction [n] - See also: subtraction
Lexicographical Neighbors of Subtractions
Literary usage of Subtractions
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pelicotetics, Or, The Science of Quantity: An Elementary Treatise on Algebra by Archibald Sandeman (1868)
"101103) additions and subtractions of whole numbers of such equal ... 33,66),
and over either subtractions or additions and subtractions (arts.71,73)—, ..."
2. The Distribution of Ownership by Joseph Harding Underwood (1907)
"Social subtractions from private ownership are: (a) from the right of possession (and
use) : (1) for public (or private benefit) : eminent domain; escheat; ..."
3. Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books by William Blackstone, George Sharwood, Barron Field (1866)
"But besides these special remedies for subtractions, to compel the specific
performance of the service due by custom, an action on the case will also lie ..."
4. Text-book of Algebra: With Exercises for Secondary Schools and Colleges, Part I by George Egbert Fisher, Isaac Joachim Schwatt (1898)
"Successive Additions and Subtractions. 7. Successive subtractions are carried
out by applying the principle of subtraction at each step of the process. ..."
5. Text-book of Algebra: With Exercises for Secondary Schools and Colleges, Part I by George Egbert Fisher, Isaac Joachim Schwatt (1898)
"Successive Additions and Subtractions. 7. Successive subtractions are carried
out by applying the principle of subtraction at each step of the process. ..."
6. Color Key to North American Birds: With Bibliographical Appendix by Frank Michler Chapman, Chester Albert Reed (1912)
"... APPENDIX I ADDITIONS, Subtractions, AND EMENDATIONS. Since the publication of
the first edition of the 'Color Key' in 1903, the American Ornithologists' ..."
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