亚洲网紅露点

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subtraction

[ suhb-trak-shuhn ]

noun

  1. an act or instance of subtracting.
  2. Mathematics. the operation or process of finding the difference between two numbers or quantities, denoted by a minus sign (鈭).


subtraction

/ 蝉蓹产藞迟谤忙办蕛蓹苍 /

noun

  1. the act or process of subtracting
  2. a mathematical operation in which the difference between two numbers or quantities is calculated. Usually indicated by the symbol (鈥)
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

subtraction

  1. The operation of finding the difference between two numbers or quantities.
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of subtraction1

1350鈥1400; Middle English < Late Latin 蝉耻产迟谤补肠迟颈艒苍- (stem of 蝉耻产迟谤补肠迟颈艒 ) a withdrawing, equivalent to subtract ( us ) ( subtract ) + -颈艒苍- -ion
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I鈥檓 in a season of life where I no longer make health resolutions focused on subtraction.

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Powell said his opportunity this season was 鈥渁ddition by subtraction.鈥

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The team plied their subject AI models with questions drawn from a popular collection of more than 8,000 grade school arithmetic problems testing schoolchildren鈥檚 understanding of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.

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But in light of the Supreme Court鈥檚 decision, those subtractions make the case that much stronger.

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The former is addition by subtraction; the latter, addition by constancy.

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