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subtotal, n., a. (and v.)
[f. sub- + total a. and n., v.]
A. n. (stressed ˈsubtotal) [sub- 9.] An intermediate total; a total of part of a group of numbers to be added.
1906U.S. Patent 823,474, Fig. 4, showing means for printing marks or characters indicating both totals and subtotals. 1921J. A. V. Turck Origin Mod. Calculating Machines 168 A feature common to recording of added columns of numerical items is the distinguishing characters for clear, sub-totals and totals by the use of letters, stars and other marks. 1952D. R. Hartree Numerical Analysis ii. 20 After each contribution is added, a subtotal is taken, then the next contribution is set and added. 1977New Yorker 29 Aug. 54/2, I kept the new totals in conformity with their figures but changed the supporting details and some subtotals.
B. adj. (stressed subˈtotal) Surg. [sub- 21 g.] Involving the removal of only part of an organ or tissue.
1908Practitioner Dec. 788 Surgeons adopted what has been called hysterectomy with intraperitoneal treatment of the stump, or subtotal hysterectomy. 1977Lancet 29 Oct. 899/2 The natural history of the disease may be interrupted by ablative therapy (subtotal thyroidectomy or the use of radioiodine).
Hence ˈsubtotal v. trans., (a) to add (numbers) so as to obtain a subtotal; (b) to obtain a subtotal from the contents of (a register, etc.).
1936Suppl. Jrnl. R. Statistical Soc. III. 95 The contents of any register may be totalled,..or sub-totalled, i.e. printed without clearing the register. Ibid. 99 Several prints of the function may be obtained by inserting more non-add steps after position 8, and sub-totalling register 5 on each of these. 1956G. A. Montgomerie Digital Calculating Machines xii. 250 This causes the accumulator to be sub-totalled into register 117. |