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subtractive
[ suhb-trak-tiv ]
subtractive
/ səb-trăk′tĭv /
- Relating to the production of color by the blocking or removal of varying wavelengths, as with colored filters, or by the mixing of pigments that absorb certain wavelengths and reflect others.
- ◆ The subtractive primaries cyan, magenta, and yellow are those colors whose wavelengths can be filtered or absorbed in different proportions to produce all other colors.
- Marked by or involving subtraction.
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Other Words From
- nonsub·tractive adjective
- nonsub·tractive·ly adverb
- unsub·tractive adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of subtractive1
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Example Sentences
The correction is additive for all temperatures above 62°, and subtractive for temperatures below 62°.
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The correction is additive for temperatures above 62°, and subtractive for temperatures below 62°.
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These quantities are additive for years after 1800, and subtractive for years before that epoch.
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The first number should be additive, the second subtractive, etc.
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The chief mixtures of two of the "additive" primaries produce the "subtractive" primaries.
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