subtractibleadj.

Brit.

/səbˈtraktᵻbl/, U.S.

/səbˈtræktəb(ə)l/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: subtract v., -ible suffix.

Etymology: < subtract v. + -ible suffix. Compare later subtractable adj.

That is to be subtracted or may be subtracted; of the nature of a negative quantity. Cf. subtractable adj.

ΚΠ

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) at Moment In Mathematicks, Moments are such indeterminate and uncertain Parts of Quantity, as are supposed to be in a perpetual Flux, i.e. either continually encreasing or decreasing; the former being termed Affirmative or Positive Moments, and the latter Negative or Subtractible ones.

1836 R. Mudie Pop. Math. v. 72 If b is the subtractible quantity, the expression is a - b; but if a is the subtractible quantity, then it is b - a.

1901 W. A. Quayle Blessed Life i. 11 We learned that numbers..were addible, subtractible, multiplicable, divisible.

1998 H. W. Pickford tr. T. W. Adorno Crit. Models 253 Subject is then no longer a subtractible addendum to objectivity. With the removal of one of its essential moments objectivity is falsified, not purified.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	subtractible
释义	subtractibleadj. Brit. /səbˈtraktᵻbl/, U.S. /səbˈtræktəb(ə)l/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: subtract v., -ible suffix. Etymology: < subtract v. + -ible suffix. Compare later subtractable adj. That is to be subtracted or may be subtracted; of the nature of a negative quantity. Cf. subtractable adj. ΚΠ 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) at Moment In Mathematicks, Moments are such indeterminate and uncertain Parts of Quantity, as are supposed to be in a perpetual Flux, i.e. either continually encreasing or decreasing; the former being termed Affirmative or Positive Moments, and the latter Negative or Subtractible ones. 1836 R. Mudie Pop. Math. v. 72 If b is the subtractible quantity, the expression is a - b; but if a is the subtractible quantity, then it is b - a. 1901 W. A. Quayle Blessed Life i. 11 We learned that numbers..were addible, subtractible, multiplicable, divisible. 1998 H. W. Pickford tr. T. W. Adorno Crit. Models 253 Subject is then no longer a subtractible addendum to objectivity. With the removal of one of its essential moments objectivity is falsified, not purified. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1706
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