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Subtractive

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Adjective

1. subtractive

constituting or involving subtraction

Example Sentences:
'a subtractive correction'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Subtractive

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adjective
1. 
able or tending to remove or subtract
2. 
indicating or requiring subtraction; having a minus sign
–x is a subtractive quantity

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Subtractive

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adjective
1. 
tending to subtract
2. 
capable of or involving subtraction
3. 
that is to be subtracted; marked with the minus sign (−)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Subtractive

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adj.
1. Producing or involving subtraction.
2.
a. Of or being a color produced by light passing through or reflecting off a colorant, such as a filter or pigment, that absorbs certain wavelengths and transmits or reflects others. See Table at color.
b. Of or being any of the primary colors cyan, magenta, or yellow.
3. Of or being a photographic process that produces a positive image by superposing or mixing substances that selectively absorb colored light.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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