Word Meanings - SUBDUCTION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. The act of subducting or taking away. Bp. Hall. 2. Arithmetical subtraction. Sir M. Hale.

Related words: (words related to SUBDUCTION)

• TAKING
  1. Apt to take; alluring; attracting. Subtile in making his temptations most taking. Fuller. 2. Infectious; contageous. Beau. & Fl. -- Tak"ing*ly, adv. -- Tak"ing*ness, n.
• ARITHMETICAL
  Of or pertaining to arithmetic; according to the rules or method of arithmetic. Arithmetical complement of a logarithm. See Logarithm. -- Arithmetical mean. See Mean. -- Arithmetical progression. See Progression. -- Arithmetical proportion. See
• SUBTRACTION
  The taking of a lesser number or quantity from a greater of the same kind or denomination; an operation for finding the difference between two numbers or quantities. (more info) 1. The act or operation of subtracting or taking away a part.
• TAKE
  Taken. Chaucer.
• ARITHMETICALLY
  Conformably to the principles or methods of arithmetic.
• TAKE-OFF
  An imitation, especially in the way of caricature.
• TAKE-IN
  Imposition; fraud.
• TAKE-UP
  That which takes up or tightens; specifically, a device in a sewing machine for drawing up the slack thread as the needle rises, in completing a stitch.
• TAKING-OFF
  Removal; murder. See To take off , under Take, v. t. The deep damnation of his taking-off. Shak.
• TAKEN
  p. p. of Take.
• TAKER
  One who takes or receives; one who catches or apprehended.
• SUBDUCTION
  1. The act of subducting or taking away. Bp. Hall. 2. Arithmetical subtraction. Sir M. Hale.
• UNMISTAKABLE
  Incapable of being mistaken or misunderstood; clear; plain; obvious; evident. -- Un`mis*tak"a*bly, adv.
• LEAVE-TAKING
  Taking of leave; parting compliments. Shak.
• MISTAKING
  An error; a mistake. Shak.
• MISTAKINGLY
  Erroneously.
• OUTTAKE
  Except. R. of Brunne.
• STAKTOMETER
  A drop measurer; a glass tube tapering to a small orifice at the point, and having a bulb in the middle, used for finding the number of drops in equal quantities of different liquids. See Pipette. Sir D. Brewster.
• SIDE-TAKING
  A taking sides, as with a party, sect, or faction. Bp. Hall.
• SUBDUCE; SUBDUCT
  1. To withdraw; to take away. Milton. 2. To subtract by arithmetical operation; to deduct. If, out of that infinite multitude of antecedent generations, we should subduce ten. Sir M. Hale.
• MISTAKEN
  1. Being in error; judging wrongly; having a wrong opinion or a misconception; as, a mistaken man; he is mistaken. 2. Erroneous; wrong; as, a mistaken notion.
• LOGARITHMETIC; LOGARITHMETICAL
  See LOGARITHMIC
• UNDERTAKING
  1. The act of one who undertakes, or engages in, any project or business. Hakluyt. 2. That which is undertaken; any business, work, or project which a person engages in, or attempts to perform; an enterprise. 3. Specifically, the business of an
• RETAKE
  1. To take or receive again. 2. To take from a captor; to recapture; as, to retake a ship or prisoners.
• LOGARITHMETICALLY
  Logarithmically.
• MISTAKER
  One who mistakes. Well meaning ignorance of some mistakers. Bp. Hall.