summand

English

Etymology

sum +‎ -and

Noun

summand (plural summands)

1. Something which is added or summed.

   In the expression 1+2=3, the summands are 1 and 2.

Usage notes

One says that $x$ is a summand of $z$ if there exists some $y$ such that $x+y=z$ (where $x$, $y$, and $z$ are all understood to be objects of a certain type, such as numbers, vectors, etc., which the context makes clear). For instance, working over the positive integers, 3 is a summand of 5 (because 3 + 2 = 5), but 7 is not a summand of five.

Synonyms

• addend

Hypernyms

• term

Translations

term of addition

• Basque: batugai (eu)
• Cebuano: pampadugang
• Czech: sčítanec (cs) m
• Finnish: yhteenlaskettava (fi)
• German: Summand (de) m
• Polish: składnik (pl) m
• Russian: слага́емое (ru) n (slagájemoje)
• Serbo-Croatian: pribrojnik (sh) m
• Turkish: toplanan (tr)

See also

Other terms used in arithmetic operations:

• successor
• addition, summation:

  (augend) + (addend) = (total)

  (summand) + (summand) + (summand)... = (sum)

• subtraction:

  (minuend) − (subtrahend) = (difference)

• multiplication, factorization:

  (multiplier) × (multiplicand) = (product)

  (factor) × (factor) × (factor)... = (product)

• division:

  (dividend) ÷ (divisor) = (quotient)

  (numerator) / (denominator) = (quotient)

  Or sometimes = (quotient) with (remainder) remaining

• exponentiation:

  (base) ^(exponent) = (power)

• root extraction:

  ^(degree) √ (radicand) = (root)

• logarithmization:

  log_(base) (antilogarithm) = (logarithm)

Advanced hyperoperations: tetration, pentation, hexation