subtractive
Adjective
Meaning
Tending, or having power, to subtract.
Having the negative sign, or sign minus.
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a subtractive correction
Another technique is subtractive drawing in which the drawing surface is covered with graphite or charcoal and then erased to make the image.
A subtractive decoding bus bridge must know to expect this extra delay in the event of back-to-back cycles in order to advertise back-to-back support.
A system of subtractive color does not have a simple chromaticity gamut analogous to the RGB color triangle, but a gamut that must be described in three dimensions.
Custom colours are obtained by means of subtractive CMY colour mixing, by inserting combinations of cyan, magenta and yellow filters into the optical path of the lighting fixture.
Comparative transcripts profiling of fruit mesocarp and endocarp relevant to secondary metabolism by suppression subtractive hybridization in Azadirachta indica (neem).