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Webster 1828 Edition

Minuend

MIN'UEND

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Noun.

[L. minuendus, minuo, to lessen.]

In arithmetic, the number form which another number is to subtracted.

Definition 2024

minuend

minuend

English

Noun

minuend ‎(plural minuends)

(arithmetic) A number or quantity from which another is to be subtracted.
In the subtraction 10 − 4, 10 is the minuend.

Translations

number from which another is subtracted

Chinese:
Mandarin: 被減數 (zh), 被减数 (zh) ‎(bèijiǎnshù)
Czech: menšenec m
Dutch: aftrekgetal
French: diminuende (fr) m
German: Minuend m
Greek: μειωτέος (el) m ‎(meiotéos)
Japanese: 被減数 ‎(higensū), 引かれる数 ‎(hikareru kazu)

Korean: 피감수 ‎(pigamsu), 빼임수 ‎(ppaeimsu)
Polish: odjemna (pl) f
Portuguese: diminuendo m, minuendo m
Russian: уменьша́емое (ru) n ‎(umenʹšájemoje)
Spanish: minuendo (es) m
Tagalog: bawasin
Turkish: eksilen (tr)

See also

addition, summation: (augend) + (addend) = (summand) + (summand) = (sum, total)
subtraction: (minuend) − (subtrahend) = (difference)
multiplication: (multiplier) × (multiplicand) = (factor) × (factor) = (product)
division: (dividend) ÷ (divisor) = (quotient), remainder left over if divisor does not divide dividend

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