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单词 substractive
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substractiveadj.

Brit. /səbˈstraktɪv/, U.S. /səbˈstræktɪv/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin substract- , substrahere , -ive suffix.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin substract-, past participial stem of substrahere substract v. + -ive suffix. Compare post-classical Latin substractivus (1406 or earlier; rare). Compare subtractive adj.Some later examples may show typographical errors for subtractive adj.
Relating to or involving subtraction; subtractive.
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substractivea1626
subductive1686
substractionarya1690
subtractive1690
a1626 F. Bacon Learned Reading Statute of Uses (1642) 45 They did adde three new Provisoes which are in themselves substractive Lawes.
a1690 S. Jeake Compl. Body Arithm. (1701) iii. 262 One of them is in nature substractive from the other.
1774 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 64 166 + F − 40/ 449 becoming negative or substractive.
1825 Dublin Philos. Jrnl. 1 178 Two corrections must be applied: one substractive, for the expansion produced by the vapour, the other additive, for the weight of the vapour itself.
1850 W. Reeves Contentment 20 Contentment is also a substractive or a diminishing process.
1916 Electr. Rev. & Western Electrician 7 Oct. 635/2 Color mixture may be additive or substractive.
2002 J.-C. Risset in G. Assayag et al. Math. & Music xiii. 221 In substractive synthesis, the sound is manufactured by eliminating the unwanted components of a rich and complex sound through filtering.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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