Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SUB-TRAC'TION
SUB-TRAC'TION, n. [L. subtractio.]
- The act or operation of taking a part from the rest.
- In arithmetic, the taking of a lesser number from a greater of the same kind or denomination; an operation by which is found the difference between two sums.
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