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What is the noun for subtraction?

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subtraction
  1. (arithmetic, uncountable) The process of subtracting a number from another.
  2. (arithmetic, countable) A calculation involving subtracting.
  3. The removal of something.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “The term casualty refers to any unplanned subtraction from a force's fighting strength.”
      “Problems can be created to cover all math operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division!”
      “When the first positive integer is larger than the second positive integer in a subtraction problem, the difference will be positive.”
subtractiveness
  1. The quality of being subtractive.
subtractor
  1. Alternative spelling of subtracter
  2. Examples:
    1. “The only way to do that with a laser and then a subtractor procedure is removing it in the periphery.”
      “The output of the microphone is combined in a subtractor with the acoustic echo replica, producing the residual echo.”
      “After getting trapped in an intinsic field subtractor, he's transmogrified into a glowing blue buffed-up Adonis who can bend time and matter.”
subtracter
  1. One who, or that which, subtracts.
  2. Examples:
    1. “A 32 bit subtracter, two 32 bit, 2-input XORs, and eight 32 bit, 2-input multiplexers were required.”
      “Using an adder and subtracter, its performance speed at 260K operations per second was comparable to medium-size machines of that period.”
subtractions
  1. plural of subtraction
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Page by page, they put it in the right order and made the relevant additions and subtractions until perfection was attained.”
      “Mechanical calculators, unable to guess, plod through repeated subtractions.”
      “The stats used for the game are from the 15th of January and since then there have been some additions or subtractions to every team.”
subtractors
  1. plural of subtractor
subtracters
  1. plural of subtracter
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