Note: Thus the subtraction of conjugal rights is when either the husband or wife withdraws from the other and lives separate without sufficient reason. The subtraction of a legacy is the withholding or detailing of it from the legatee by the executor. In like manner, the withholding of any service, rent, duty, or custom, is a subtraction, for which the law gives a remedy. Blackstone.
SUBTRACTIVE
Sub*trac"tive, a.
1. Tending, or having power, to subtract.
2. (Math.)
Defn: Having the negative sign, or sign minus.
SUBTRAHEND Sub"tra*hend`, n. Etym: [L. subtrahendus that is to be subtracted, p.fut.pess. of subtrahere. See Subtract.] (Math.)
Defn: The sum or number to be subtracted, or taken from another.
SUBTRANSLUCENT
Sub`trans*lu"cent, a.
Defn: Not perfectly translucent.
SUBTRANSPARENT
Sub`trans*pa"rent, a.