subtraction

/səb'trækʃən/ noun
11 letters3 syllables15 points in Scrabble®19 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS2
NOUN
1

The act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole).

“he complained about the subtraction of money from their paychecks”

2

An arithmetic operation in which the difference between two numbers is calculated.

“the subtraction of three from four leaves one”

WORD FORMS
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Syllablessub · trac · tion
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