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Feb 15, 2012
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sub•trac•tion



Pronunciation: (sub-trak'shun), [key]
—n.
1. an act or instance of subtracting.
2. Math.the operation or process of finding the difference between two numbers or quantities, denoted by a minus sign (-).

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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