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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. constituting or involving subtraction;
- Example: "a subtractive correction"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Subtractive \Sub*trac"tive\, a.
   1. Tending, or having power, to subtract.
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   2. (Math.) Having the negative sign, or sign minus.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

subtractive
    adj 1: constituting or involving subtraction; "a subtractive
           correction" [ant: additive]