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subtract

verb
/səbˈtɹækt/US

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin subtractus, perfect passive participle of subtrahō (“to draw from beneath; withdraw, remove”); from sub (“under”) + trahō (“to draw, pull, drag”).

  1. borrowed from subtractus

Definitions

  1. To remove or reduce

    To remove or reduce; especially to reduce a quantity or number.

    • If you subtract the $100 for gas from the total cost, it was a fairly inexpensive trip.

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Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at subtract. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at subtract. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at subtract

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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