substraction
noun
sub·strac·tion
-kshən
plural -s
1
: subtraction
rendering back to us with additions or substractions, the beauty which existing things have of themselves presented to him
Thomas Carlyle
Thomas Carlyle2
: secret misappropriation of property and especially from a decedent's estate : embezzlement
Word History
Etymology
Medieval Latin substraction-, substractio, from Late Latin substractus (past participle) + Latin -ion-, -io -ion
- central apparatus
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- central bank
- central banker
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- central cell
- central cities
- central city
- central convolution
- central cylinder
- central eclipse
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- central force
- central heating
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- central limit theorem
- central line
- central locking
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