English-Thai Dictionary
subtraction
N การ หักออก การ ลบ ออก deduction diminution reduction kan-hak-ook
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
SUBTRACTION
n.[L. subtractio.] The act or operation of taking a part from the rest. 1. 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.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
SUBTRACTION
Sub *trac "tion, n. Etym: [L. subtractio a drawing back. See Subtract, and cf. Substraction. ]
1. The act or operation of subtracting or taking away a part.
2. (Math. )
Defn: 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.
3. (Law )
Defn: The withdrawing or withholding from a person of some right to which he is entitled by law.
Note: Thus the subtraction of conjugal rights is when either the husband or wife withdraws from the other and lives separate without sufficient reason. The subtraction of a legacy is the withholding or detailing of it from the legatee by the executor. In like manner, the withholding of any service, rent, duty, or custom, is a subtraction, for which the law gives a remedy. Blackstone.
New American Oxford Dictionary
subtraction
sub trac tion |səbˈtrakSHən səbˈtrækʃən | ▶noun the process or skill of taking one number or amount away from another: subtraction of this figure from the total. • Mathematics the process of taking a matrix, vector, or other quantity away from another under specific rules to obtain the difference.
Oxford Dictionary
subtraction
sub |trac ¦tion |səbˈtrakʃn | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the process or skill of taking one number or amount away from another: subtraction of this figure from the total. • Mathematics the process of taking a matrix, vector, or other quantity away from another under specific rules to obtain the difference.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
subtraction
sub tr á c tion 名詞 U C 1 引き算, 引くこと (↔addition ); 控除 .2 〘写 〙減色 .
The Wordsmith Dictionary