Sub*ton"ic (?), a. (Phonetics) Applied to, or distinguishing, a speech
element consisting of tone, or proper vocal sound, not pure as in the
vowels, but dimmed and otherwise modified by some kind of obstruction
in the oral or the nasal passage, and in some cases with a mixture of
breath sound; -- a term introduced by Dr. James Rush in 1833. See Guide
to Pronunciation, §§155, 199-202.
Sub*ton"ic, n. 1. (Phonetics) A subtonic sound or element; a vocal
consonant, as b, d, g, n, etc.; a subvocal.
2. (Mus.) The seventh tone of the scale, or that immediately below the
tonic; -- called also subsemitone.
Sub*tor"rid (?), a. Nearly torrid.
Sub*tract" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Subtracted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Subtracting.] [L. subtractus, p. p. of subtrahere to draw from beneath,
withdraw, remove; sub under + trahere to draw. See Trace, v. t., and
cf. Substract.] To withdraw, or take away, as a part from the whole; to
deduct; as, subtract 5 from 9, and the remainder is 4.
Sub*tract"er (?), n. 1. One who subtracts.