subtrahend
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
1670s, from Latin subtrahendus numerus (“number to be subtracted”), form of subtrahō (“I pull out from under, I subtract”) (English subtract).[1]
Surface analysis is subtract + -end (“patient (recipient) of action”).
[edit] Noun
subtrahend (plural subtrahends)
- (arithmetic) A number or quantity to be subtracted from another.
- In the subtraction 10 − 4, 4 is the subtrahend.
[edit] Translations
A number or quantity to be subtracted from another
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[edit] See also
- subtraction: (minuend) − (subtrahend) = (difference)
[edit] References
- ^ “subtrahend” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001
