Subtraction

[səb'trækʃn] or [səb'trækʃən]

解释:

(noun.) the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole); 'he complained about the subtraction of money from their paychecks'.

(noun.) an arithmetic operation in which the difference between two numbers is calculated; 'the subtraction of three from four leaves one'; 'four minus three equals one'.

校对:佩德罗--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) The act or operation of subtracting or taking away a part.

(n.) The taking of a lesser number or quantity from a greater of the same kind or denomination; an operation for finding the difference between two numbers or quantities.

(n.) The withdrawing or withholding from a person of some right to which he is entitled by law.

编辑:谢尔顿

同义词及近义词：

n. Deduction.

整理:萨莎