subtractable

Able to remove

Subtractable means capable of being subtracted.

In mathematics, any quantity is subtractable from a larger quantity: The discount is subtractable from the total.

The word appears in technical contexts where removal or deduction is possible.

Also spelled subtractible.

arithmetic

minus

Subtraction symbol

negative · decrement · takeaway · calculation · computation · digit · integer · fraction · decimal · equation

deductible

deduction

Conclusion from premises

credit · adjustment · offset · rebate · discount · abatement · relief · concession · withholding · itemization

removable

detachable

Able to be unfastened

erasable · deletable · disposable · releasable · disassemblable · unpluggable · unhookable · expellable · transferable

reducible

diminishable

Able to be lessened

condensable · minimizable · scalable · adjustable · divisible · factorable · simplifiable · depletable

Opposites
mathematical operation capability

subtractableaddable

Capable of being summed

additive · summable · accumulable · augmentable

removability

subtractablefixed

Restored or immovable

permanent · unremovable · irremovable · indelible · inseparable

Family

subtract, subtraction, subtractive, tract, traction, tractable, intractable, tractability, tractor

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