subtraction

IPA: sʌbtrˈækʃʌn

Examples of "subtraction" in Sentences

Subtraction is denoted by a minus sign in infix notation.
The most notable subtraction is WR Terrell Owens, who was cut in March.
The best math we could have from Billary is subtraction from the race, NOW.
The result of the subtraction will be the amount of gas that has been burned since the last bill was rendered.
I think that practice of subtraction is also what makes it difficult to imagine the framing of Wyeth's paintings.
They WANT bipartisanship but what they offer is a "subtraction" from what Obama wants and an "addition" of NOTHING!!!
Thus if a man's capital be ten and his debts eight, the subtraction will be the same, whether we call the capital negative debt, or the debt negative capital.
You go about bullying little boys, and calling yourself King Pewee, but you can't do a sum in long division, nor in short subtraction, for that matter, and you let fellows like Riley make
'Dear Irene and Reggie,' it ran, 'Your dispute as to the number of stomachs which a cow possesses can be settled and rectified by a simple mathematical process usually called subtraction, thus:
He states that although some Mendelians have spoken of genetic factors as permanent and indestructible, he is satisfied that they may occasionally undergo a quantitative disintegration, the results of which he calls subtraction or reduction stages.