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Subtraction vs Decimation - What's the difference?

subtraction | decimation |

As nouns the difference between subtraction and decimation

is that subtraction is (arithmetic) (uncountable ) the process of subtracting a number from another while decimation is the killing or destruction of a large portion of a population.

subtraction

English

Noun

  • (arithmetic) (uncountable ) The process of subtracting a number from another.
  • (arithmetic) (countable ) A calculation involving subtracting.
    • The teacher has set us ten subtractions to do by tomorrow.
  • The removal of something.
    • The subtraction of the wealth from the economy will result in recession.

    Related terms

    * subtract

    See also

    * addition, summation: (augend) + (addend) = (summand) + (summand) = (sum, total) * subtraction: (minuend) ? (subtrahend) = (difference) * multiplication: (multiplier) × (multiplicand) = (factor) × (factor) = (product) * division: (dividend) ÷ (divisor) = (quotient), remainder left over if divisor does not divide dividend * minus sign

    decimation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The killing or destruction of a large portion of a population.
  • * 1702:' , ''Magnalia Christi Americana'' - And the whole army had cause to enquire into their own rebellions, when they saw the Lord of Hosts, with a dreadful ' decimation , taking off so many of our brethren by the worst of executioners.
  • A tithing.
  • A selection of every tenth person by lot, as for punishment.
  • * , V-v - By decimation and a tithed death, / ... take thou the destin'd tenth.
  • (mathematics) The creation of a new sequence comprising only every n th element of the original sequence.
  • (telecommunications) A digital signal processing technique for reducing the number of samples in a discrete-time signal.

    • Coordinate terms

    * (decimation equivalents)

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