Get to know Subtractive better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like ablative or reductive.
Subtractive in a sentence
Subtractive meaning
- Of or pertaining to subtraction.
- Of a colour: from which some wavelengths have been removed.
Using Subtractive
- The main meaning on this page is: Of or pertaining to subtraction. | Of a colour: from which some wavelengths have been removed.
- Useful related words include: ablative, reductive, additive.
- In the example corpus, subtractive often appears in combinations such as: of subtractive, subtractive color, subtractive decoding.
Context around Subtractive
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 10 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 16 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Subtractive
- In this selection, "subtractive" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, suppression, analogue, controlled, color, synthesizer and sculpture stand out and add context to how "subtractive" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a primary subtractive color and a subtractive decoding bus. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "subtractive" sits close to words such as abad, abolishment and abr, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with subtractive
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Such a model is called subtractive because inks "subtract" brightness from white. (12 words)
It was created with a personal computer program designed to emulate an analogue subtractive synthesizer. (15 words)
Subtractive color printing works best when the surface or paper is white, or close to it. (16 words)
To reproduce the web color cyan in inks, it is necessary to add some white ink to the printer's cyan below, so when it is reproduced in printing, it is not a primary subtractive color. (36 words)
Manufacturers will sometimes include an additional green or amber ("CTO" colour correction) filter to extend the range (gamut) of subtractive colour mixing systems, Lamp power also influences colour in tungsten lamps. (31 words)
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. (28 words)
Example sentences (16)
Whereas a great deal of Richard’s earliest work was subtractive sculpture, bronze sculpture has been the focus of 2020.
An electronic example The following is an example of subtractive synthesis as it might occur in an electronic instrument.
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.
Comparative transcripts profiling of fruit mesocarp and endocarp relevant to secondary metabolism by suppression subtractive hybridization in Azadirachta indica (neem).
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.
In this approach to wiring (often called subtractive aluminum), blanket films of aluminum are deposited first, patterned, and then etched, leaving isolated wires.
It was created with a personal computer program designed to emulate an analogue subtractive synthesizer.
Manufacturers will sometimes include an additional green or amber ("CTO" colour correction) filter to extend the range (gamut) of subtractive colour mixing systems, Lamp power also influences colour in tungsten lamps.
Moog created the first voltage-controlled subtractive synthesizer to utilize a keyboard as a controller and demonstrated it at the AES convention in 1964.
Subtractive color printing works best when the surface or paper is white, or close to it.
Such a model is called subtractive because inks "subtract" brightness from white.
The sawtooth and square waves are among the most common waveforms used to create sounds with subtractive analog and virtual analog music synthesizers.
To reproduce the web color cyan in inks, it is necessary to add some white ink to the printer's cyan below, so when it is reproduced in printing, it is not a primary subtractive color.
While both the additive secondary and the subtractive primary are called cyan, they can be substantially different from one another.
Common combinations with subtractive
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: