subtraction

process of subtracting a number from another (minuend−subtrahend=difference); mathematical operation that represents the operation of removing objects from a collection
Intangible mathematical_concept Q40754
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subtraction

Summary

subtraction is a mathematical concept[1]. subtraction ranks in the top 9% of mathematical_concept entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (245 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • subtraction's image is recorded as Subtraction01.svg[3].
  • subtraction's instance of is recorded as mathematical concept[4].
  • subtraction's GND ID is recorded as 4359078-0[5].
  • subtraction's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85129563[6].
  • subtraction's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11940282d[7].
  • subtraction's subclass of is recorded as binary operation[8].
  • subtraction's Commons category is recorded as Subtraction[9].
  • subtraction's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q1321 (spa)-Haylli-Sustracción.wav[10].
  • subtraction's opposite of is recorded as addition[11].
  • subtraction's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 38168[12].
  • subtraction's has part is recorded as minuend[13].
  • subtraction's has part is recorded as subtrahend[14].
  • subtraction's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0jt6w[15].
  • subtraction's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph898519[16].
  • subtraction's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Subtraction[17].
  • subtraction's notation is recorded as minus sign[18].
  • subtraction's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 512.92[19].
  • subtraction's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 368286[20].
  • subtraction's Iconclass notation is recorded as 49D122[21].
  • subtraction's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0207848[22].
  • subtraction's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[23].
  • subtraction's described by source is recorded as ISO 80000-2:2019 Quantities and units — Part 2: Mathematics[24].
  • subtraction's described by source is recorded as National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan[25].
  • subtraction's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/subtraction[26].
  • subtraction's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/subtraction[27].

Why It Matters

subtraction ranks in the top 9% of mathematical_concept entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (245 views/month).[2] subtraction has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] subtraction is known by 55 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Integrated Authority File. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . lingualibre.org. lingualibre.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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