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Applied to, or distinguishing, a speech element consisting of tone, or proper vocal sound, not pure as in the vowels, but dimmed and otherwise modified by some kind of obstruction in the oral or the nasal passage, and in some cases with a mixture of breath sound; -- a term introduced by Dr. James Rush in 1833. See Guide to Pronunciation, //155, 199-202.
A subtonic sound or element; a vocal consonant, as b, d, g, n, etc.; a subvocal.
The seventh tone of the scale, or that immediately below the tonic; -- called also subsemitone.
Nearly torrid.
To withdraw, or take away, as a part from the whole; to deduct; as, subtract 5 from 9, and the remainder is 4.
of Subtract
One who subtracts.
The subtrahend.
of Subtract
The act or operation of subtracting or taking away a part.
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.
The withdrawing or withholding from a person of some right to which he is entitled by law.
Tending, or having power, to subtract.
Having the negative sign, or sign minus.
The sum or number to be subtracted, or taken from another.
Not perfectly translucent.
Not perfectly transparent.
The public officer who has charge of a subtreasury.
of Subtreasury
A subordinate treasury, or place of deposit; as, the United States subtreasury at New York.