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3 words match “SUBSTRACTION”

SUBSTRACTION n. 2 definitions
Subtraction; deduction. [Obs.]
COMPOUND a.
und substances are made up of two or more simple substances. I. Watts. Compound addition, substraction, multiplication, division (Arith.), the addition, substraction, etc., of compound numbers. -- Compound crystal (Crystallog.), a twin crystal, or one seeming to be made up of two or more crystals combined according to…
MONOMIAL n.
ic expression; that is, an expression unconnected with any other by the sign of addition, substraction, equality, or inequality.