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单词 substraction
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substractionn.

Brit. /səbˈstrakʃn/, U.S. /səbˈstrækʃ(ə)n/
Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item; rprobably modelled on a French lexical item. Etymon: subtraction n.
Etymology: Alteration of subtraction n., probably after Middle French substraccion, substraction (compare Anglo-Norman sustraxion , Anglo-Norman and Middle French sustraction ; Middle French, French soustraction ) action of withdrawing or removing a person or thing (c1370 or earlier), mathematical operation of subtraction (c1400), alteration (with prefix substitution: see sous- prefix) of Anglo-Norman subtraccion , subtraccioun , Anglo-Norman and Middle French subtraction subtraction n. Compare post-classical Latin substractio removal, withdrawal, departure (14th cent. in British sources). Compare also slightly later substract v. In some modern uses perhaps a typographical error for subtraction n.
Now chiefly nonstandard and rare.
1. The withdrawal or withholding of something beneficial or useful, or to which another person is entitled; (also) a person's withdrawing from a place. Cf. subtraction n. 3. Now historical.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > retaining > [noun] > keeping what is due to or desired by another
withholdingc1386
outholding1465
substraction1536
withholdment1640
the mind > possession > loss > taking away > [noun] > withdrawal of something previously had
withdrawingc1315
withdraught1340
subtraction1474
substraction1536
subductiona1620
withdrawal1839
1536 Deposition Consistory Court Ely in E. Anglian (1909–10) 13 316 Examination of witnesses in a cause of substraction of tithes between Magr. Christopher Willyes, vicar perpetual of Borne, and Nich. Harvey of Melborne.
1591 R. Williams Newes 16 The Popes, namely, the hottest, and most audacious,..haue beene with vnanimitie withstood, as well by substraction of obedience, as of money and goods.
1620 T. Scott High-waies of God (1623) 74 Now there is cause to doubt rather substraction, then to hope for restitution.
1626 J. Yates Ibis ad Cæsarem i. 76 In the sorrowes of the soule there was..some substraction of divine consolation.
1643 W. Prynne Opening Great Seale 19 The great and privy Seales wilfull absence and substraction from the Parliament.
1660 R. Coke Elements Power & Subjection 203 in Justice Vindicated A Prior..may chuse either to sue for substraction of his Tithes in the Ecclesiastical court, or in the Exchequer.
1703 tr. S. von Pufendorf Of Law of Nature & Nations vi. i. 76/2 It looks more mild..to enforce an Ordinance rather by Rewards to the Compilers, and Substraction of Benefits from the Recusants, than by direct and positive Punishment.
1797 Analyt. Rev. June 611 A quality, called Excitability,..is accumulated by the substraction of stimuli, and is exhausted by excessive stimuli.
1822 (title) Report of a trial in the Consistory Court at Durham in a Cause of Substraction of Easter Offerings.
1867 Times 6 May 11/3 This was a cause of substraction of a church-rate brought by..the churchwardens of the parish of Woodford.
1916 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Antiquaries Ireland 46 105 Citing a record of an unknown Nicholas Comyn..having accused a neighbour of substraction of tithes in the Diocesan Court of Killaloe!
2.
a. = subtraction n. 2a.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > number > arithmetic or algebraic operations > [noun] > subtraction
subtraction?c1425
substraction?1558
?1558 H. Baker tr. O. Fine Rules Vse of Almanackes (new ed.) sig. D.iii Puttyng therunto .24. howres, yf the sayde substraction [Fr. subtraction] can not otherwyse be made.
1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. S4 Quarrelling by Diuision, getting wenches with childe by Multiplication, stealing by Substraction.
1687 D. Abercromby Academia Scientiarum i. 6 By Additions, Substractions, Multiplications, Divisions, and other like Operations.
1703 R. Neve City & Countrey Purchaser 80 Substraction must have been made of all such Deductions.
1738 E. Chambers Cycl. (ed. 2) (at cited word) Substraction [1728 subtraction] is the finding of a certain number from two homogeneous ones given; which, with one of the given numbers, is equal to the other.
1811 P. Kelly Universal Cambist II. 159 Multiplication and Division of Common Numbers are performed by Addition and Substraction of their Logarithms.
1887 A. D. Willock Rosetty Ends 169 Substraction an' multiplication got a big rest yont-by at the schule.
1907 Bull. Internat. Railway Congr. Assoc. 21 541 Three or four simple substractions show the number of tickets sold.
1912 Times 17 Jan. 11/5 (advt.) The plain rules of arithmetic—addition, substraction, multiplication, division, and proportion.
2006 K. S. Rani & P. V. Kumari in P. A. Reddy & D. U. Devi Current Trends in Adult Educ. xxv. 222 Ability to..do simple addition and substraction.
b. figurative and in extended use. Deduction, removal, taking away; an instance of this. Cf. subtraction n. 2b.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > loss > taking away > [noun]
benimminga1400
subtraction1474
alienation1583
ademption1590
substraction1601
the world > space > place > removal or displacement > [noun] > removal or taking away
withdrawingc1315
remuingc1330
withdraught1340
taking awaya1382
discharginga1398
removinga1398
remotiona1425
subtraction?a1425
amovingc1443
taking offc1450
abstraction1467
way-taking1479
substracting1549
conveyance1567
sublation1567
remove1589
removal1595
exemption1598
substraction1601
supporting1608
amovement1618
subductiona1620
conveying1621
amolitiona1641
withdrawment1640
subducting1645
suffuration1651
summotion1653
amoval1657
withdraw1720
withdrawal1838
removement1846
1601 Bp. W. Barlow Def. Protestants Relig. 102 Euery addition or substraction is hie treason against his maiestie.
1613 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals I. iv. 82 Millions admit a small substraction.
1648 C. Walker Relations & Observ. ii. 33 The same Ship..having been so often repaired, and thereby suffered so many substractions and additions, that hardly any part of the old Vessell remained.
1818 J. Bentham Church-of-Englandism Introd. 63 A course which,—after substraction made of all punishment and all reward..would remain no less open to rulers than to subjects.
1827 T. Carlyle L. Tieck in German Romance II. 13 Rendering back to us with additions or substractions, the Beauty which existing things have of themselves presented to him.
1906 K. N. MacDonald In Def. Ossian 30/2 Who can tell what additions and substractions have been made by all these hands?

Derivatives

substractionary adj. Obsolete rare of or relating to subtraction.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > number > arithmetic or algebraic operations > [adjective] > of subtraction
substractivea1626
subductive1686
substractionarya1690
subtractive1690
a1690 S. Jeake Λογιστικηλογία (1696) 54 If the Subtrahend and Remain be added, the Substractionary work will be proved.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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