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What is the adjective for subtraction?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb subtract which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

subtractive
  1. Of or pertaining to subtraction.
  2. Of a colour: from which some wavelengths have been removed.
  3. Examples:
    1. “This intermodulation creates an effect called heterodyning, where additive and subtractive tones, known as beat frequencies, are created.”
      “Joseph W. Lovibond invented a visual colorimeter and a system for colorimetry based on subtractive color mixing.”
      “Mixing two of them produces cyan, magenta and yellow, also called the subtractive colors.”
subtractable
  1. Capable of being subtracted.
subtracted
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