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Example sentences for "subtract"

Lexicographically close words:
subtler; subtlest; subtleties; subtlety; subtly; subtracted; subtracting; subtraction; subtractions; subtreasury
  1. Subtract the epact from 27, divide by 7, and keep the remainder, or 7, if there be no remainder.

  2. From the centurial figures of the year subtract 17, divide by 25, and keep the quotient.

  3. Subtract the epact from 57, divide by 7, and keep the remainder, or 7, if there be no remainder.

  4. The expectations of Life are thus calculated by De Moivre--Subtract the age of the person from 86, half the remainder will be the expectation of that Life.

  5. Subtract the lesser from the greater: result = lateral deviation.

  6. Subtract the lesser from the greater, and this will be the longitudinal deviation, according to the meaning given in drill regulations.

  7. Subtract one hundred and sixty-one ten thousandths (.

  8. But the number of steps in an argument does not subtract from its reliableness, if no new premises, of an uncertain character, are taken up by the way.

  9. To obtain the protein nitrogen, subtract from the total nitrogen the nitrogen due to caffein, obtained by direct determination on the separated caffein or by calculation (caffein divided by 3.

  10. Take this percent and deduct it from the price of any article sold, then subtract from the remainder what it cost (invoice price and freight), and the result will show the net profit or loss on the article.

  11. When the signs are identical in a column it is necessary to subtract the lesser from the greater and the result is the variation.

  12. If these figures are all entered as either plus or minus it is necessary to merely subtract the lesser figure from the greater.

  13. When three persons play at this game, the two lowest add their points together, and subtract from the highest; but when their two numbers together either amount to or exceed the highest, then neither party scores.

  14. I have seen no occasion since to add to them or subtract from them.

  15. Nothing now occurs to add or subtract to or from the principles or general purposes stated and expressed in those documents.

  16. Never having felt herself to be good enough for Norm, the apparent loss of love (romance) on her behalf seemed to echo that feeling and guilt settled in to further subtract her self image.

  17. The trip was fun, yet it served to strengthen the heart strings attached to our oak trees and modest house, and though familiarity of itself was not love, it certainly did not subtract from love's essence.

  18. In that case, we shall have to subtract 502 every time from the days set down in the Manuscript.

  19. When tare and tret and doff are allowed: Deduct the tare and tret, and divide the suttle by 168, and the quotient will be the cloff, which subtract from the suttle, and the remainder will be the neat.

  20. This tells how to find the Gregorian Epact: Subtract 11 from the Julian Epact.

  21. This would in due time “bring forth thy righteousness as the light,” if we would not subtract and withdraw ourselves from under the light, because it is presently overclouded.

  22. Let our imagination sit down to subtract from eternity as many thousands as it can multiply by all the varieties and numbers in the world, yet there is nothing abated from eternity.

  23. Take as many nines as there are figures in the smallest number, and subtract that sum from the number of nines.

  24. It is then a simple matter to weigh off as many carboys of acid as may be required for any number of mixings, and subtract the weights of the carboys.

  25. From those sixteen years you must subtract all the time that you are necessarily engaged in the earning of a livelihood; that will leave you about eight years.

  26. From these thirty-two years you must subtract all the time you take for sleep and the taking of food and recreation; that will leave you about sixteen years.

  27. Subtract this weight from that computed above for the given point on the expansion line, and the result will be the weight of steam used per stroke.

  28. If now we subtract the chord pitch from the arc pitch, we shall obtain the difference between the arc and the chord pitches of the wheel; here 2.

  29. To obtain the radius for the interior describing circle we subtract the radius of the intermediate circle from the radius of the annular wheel, which gives A P, hence the pitch circle of the pinion also represents the interior circle R.

  30. To find how far the required column is from column 16, we subtract as follows: 0.

  31. To obtain the radius of the largest wheel subtract the radius of the smallest wheel from the distance between the wheel centres.

  32. To find the total pressure in the condenser, therefore, we subtract height of the column of mercury given by the condenser from the height of the column in the barometer, and divide the remainder by 2.

  33. Then subtract the square root of the remainder, which gives a sum that divided into the length of the bar will represent the distance apart for the points of support.


  34. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "subtract" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    abate; abrade; abstract; add; alienate; bate; calculate; cast; cipher; compute; curtail; decrease; deduct; delete; depart; depreciate; detract; diminish; disconnect; discount; disengage; disjoin; disjoint; disparage; dissociate; disunite; divide; divorce; dope; drain; eject; erode; estimate; expel; extract; figure; impair; isolate; leave; lessen; measure; multiply; part; purify; reckon; reduce; refine; remove; retrench; score; segregate; separate; sequester; shave; shorten; split; subtract; take; tally; thin; uncouple; weed; withdraw