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subtraction in WordNet English dictionary
noun- the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole)
"he complained about the subtraction of money from their paychecks"
subtraction deduction
- an arithmetic operation in which the difference between two numbers is calculated
"the subtraction of three from four leaves one"; "four minus three equals one"
subtraction minus
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