nonaddition. subtraction

Roget-categorie 38

1. Words expressing abstract relations
› 1.3. Quantity
›› 1.3.3. Conjunctive quantity

#38. Nonaddition. Subtraction

zelfstandig naamwoord

subtraction, subduction^† — deduction, retrenchment — removal, withdrawal — ablation, sublation^† — abstraction etc. (taking) 789 — garbling, etc. v.. mutilation, detruncation^† — amputation — abscission, excision, recision — curtailment etc. 201 — minuend, subtrahend — decrease etc. 36 — abrasion.

werkwoord

subduct, subtract — deduct, deduce — bate, retrench — remove, withdraw, take from, take away — detract.
garble, mutilate, amputate, detruncate^† — cut off, cut away, cut out — abscind^†, excise — pare, thin, prune, decimate — abrade, scrape, file — geld, castrate — eliminate.
diminish etc. 36 — curtail etc. (shorten) 201 — deprive of etc. (take) 789 — weaken.

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

subtracted etc. v. — subtractive.

bijwoord

in deduction etc. n. — less — short of — minus, without, except, except for, excepting, with the exception of, barring, save, exclusive of, save and except, with a reservation — not counting, if one doesn't count.

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