See Also: subtractive(medicine)
subtractive(dictionary)

subtractive (iou)



subtractive adjective & noun. LME.
[from SUBTRACT + -IVE.]
A. adjective.
Of, pertaining to, or involving removal, subtraction, deduction, or decrease; (of a mathematical quantity) that is to be subtracted; negative, having a minus sign. LME.
spec. Of or pertaining to the reproduction of colours by filtering out different parts of the spectrum. E20.
b. noun. A thing that is subtracted or deducted from another; spec. (Linguistics) a subtractive morph or morpheme. M20.