Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

missubtract

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mis-sub-tract
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To subtract incorrectly.

Example Sentences

"Who woefully spelled that word? Not I! or missubtracted checks in the hundreds column?"
"Precisely quantifying the errors and error correlations due to missubtracted foregrounds allows for both the rigorous analysis of the 21 cm power spectrum and for the maximal isolation of the “EoR window” from foreground contamination."
"There is a missubtracted background due to the lack of a β trigger that is seen in both of the 137 Cs measurements, these are lead x-rays centered around 70–80 keV that come from […]"

Etymology

From mis- + subtract.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: mis

Inflected Forms

missubtracts (present, singular) missubtracting (participle, present) missubtracted (participle, past) missubtracted (past)

Derived Forms

missubtraction

Questions

What does missubtract mean?: To subtract incorrectly.
Where does missubtract come from?: From mis- + subtract.

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