Sub"tra*hend` (?), n. [L. subtrahendus that is to be subtracted,
p.fut.pess. of subtrahere. See Subtract.] (Math.) The sum or number to
be subtracted, or taken from another.
Sub`trans*lu"cent (?), a. Not perfectly translucent.
Sub`trans*pa"rent (?), a. Not perfectly transparent.
Sub*treas"ur*er (?), n. The public officer who has charge of a
subtreasury. [U. S.]
Sub*treas"ur*y (?), n.; pl. Subtreasuries (&?;). A subordinate
treasury, or place of deposit; as, the United States subtreasury at New
York. [U. S.]
Sub`tri*an"gu*lar (?), a. Nearly, but not perfectly, triangular.
Darwin.
Sub"tribe` (?), n. (Bot. & Zoöl.) A division of a tribe; a group of
genera of a little lower rank than a tribe.
Sub`tri*he"dral (?), a. Approaching the form of a three-sided pyramid;
as, the subtrihedral crown of a tooth. Owen.
Sub*tri"ple (?), a. (Math.) Containing a third, or one part to three.
Bp. Wilkins.
Sub*trip"li*cate (?), a. (Math.) Expressed by the cube root; -- said
especially of ratios.
Subtriplicate ratio, the ratio of the cube root; thus, the
subtriplicate ratio of a to b is a to b, or a/b.
Sub*trop"ic*al (?), a. Nearly tropical.
Sub*trude" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Subtruded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Subtruding.] [Pref. sub- + L. trudere to thrust.] To place under; to
insert. [R.]
Sub`tur*ric"u*late (?), a. (Zoöl.) Somewhat turriculate.
Sub*tu"tor (?), n. An under tutor.
Sub*typ"ic*al (?), a. (Zoöl.) Deviating somewhat from the type of a
species, genus, or other group; slightly aberrant.
{ Su"bu*late (?), Su"bu*la`ted (?), } a. [NL. subulatus, fr. L. subula
an awl.] Very narrow, and tapering gradually to a fine point from a
broadish base; awl-shaped; linear.
||Su`bu*li*cor"nes (?), n. pl. [NL., from L. subula an awl + cornu
||horn.] (Zoöl.) A division of insects having slender or subulate
||antennæ. The dragon flies and May flies are examples.
Su"bu*li*form (?), a. Subulate.
Su"bu*li*palp` (?), n. [L. subula an awl + E. palp.] (Zoöl.) One of a
group of carabid beetles having slender palpi.
Sub`um*bo"nal (?), a. (Zoöl.) Beneath or forward of the umbos of a
bivalve shell.
Sub`um*brel"la (?), n. (Zoöl.) The integument of the under surface of
the bell, or disk-shaped body, of a jellyfish.
Sub`un*da"tion (?), n. [Pref. sub- + L. unda a wave.] A flood; a
deluge. [Obs.] Huloet.
Sub*un"gual (?), a. Under the nail or hoof.
Sub"urb (?), n. [L. suburbium; sub under, below, near + urbs a city.
See Urban.] 1. An outlying part of a city or town; a smaller place
immediately adjacent to a city; in the plural, the region which is on
the confines of any city or large town; as, a house stands in the
suburbs; a garden situated in the suburbs of Paris. "In the suburbs of
a town." Chaucer.
[London] could hardly have contained less than thirty or forty
thousand souls within its walls; and the suburbs were very
populous.
Hallam.
2. Hence, the confines; the outer part; the environment. "The suburbs .
. . of sorrow." Jer. Taylor.
The suburb of their straw-built citadel.
Milton.
Suburb roister, a rowdy; a loafer. [Obs.] Milton.
Sub*ur"ban (?), a. [L. suburbanus.] Of or pertaining to suburbs;
inhabiting, or being in, the suburbs of a city. "Suburban taverns."
Longfellow.
Suburban villas, highway-side retreats, . . . Delight the citizen.
Cowper.
Sub*ur"ban, n. One who dwells in the suburbs.
Sub"urbed (?), a. Having a suburb or suburbs on its outer part.
{ Sub*ur"bi*al (?), Sub*ur"bi*an (?), } a. Suburban. [Obs.] "Suburbial
fields." Warton. "Suburbian muse." Dryden.
{ Sub*ur`bi*ca"ri*an (?), Sub*ur"bi*ca*ry (?) }, a. [LL. suburbicarius,
equiv. to L. suburbanus: cf. F. suburbicaire. See Suburban.] Being in
the suburbs; -- applied to the six dioceses in the suburbs of Rome
subject to the pope as bishop of Rome.
The pope having stretched his authority beyond the bounds of his
suburbicarian precincts.
Barrow.
Sub`u*re"thral (?), a. (Anat.) Situated under the urethra, or under its
orifice.
Sub*vag"i*nal (?), a. (Anat.) Situated under or inside a sheath or
vaginal membrane; as, the subvaginal, or subdural, spaces about the
optic nerve.
Sub`va*ri"e*ty (?), n.; pl. -ties (&?;). A subordinate variety, or a
division of a variety.
Sub*vene" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Subvened (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Subvening.] [Pref. sub- + L. venire to come. See Subvention.] To come
under, as a support or stay; to happen.
A future state must needs subvene to prevent the whole edifice from
falling into ruin.
Bp. Warburton.
Sub`ven*ta"ne*ous (?), a. [Pref. sub- + L. ventus wind.] Produced by
the wind. [Obs.]
Sub*ven"tion (?), n. [F., fr. LL. subventio, fr. L. subvenire to come
up to one's assistance, to assist. See Souvenir, and cf. Subvene.] 1.
The act of coming under. "The subvention of a cloud." Stackhouse.
2. The act of relieving, as of a burden; support; aid; assistance;
help.