addend
noun
any of a group of numbers or terms added together to form a sum.
addends
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pluralof addend.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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"Hans had to develop the multiplication table for himself."—With larger numbers and more addends, the number of combinations becomes so great that there can be no doubt they were not practised separately.
From Clever Hans (The horse of Mr. Von Osten): A contribution to experimental animal and human psychology by Oskar Pfungst
His navigational problem is complicated by the eight hundred odd pages of 'Notices to Mariners'—the amends and addends and cancellations of Admiralty instructions relating to the seafaring of the coast.
From Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war by David W. (David William) Bone
In like manner, whenever the addends were below 20 or 30 and the sum above 20 or 30, Mr. von Osten would ask for the 20 or 30 taps first.
From Clever Hans (The horse of Mr. Von Osten): A contribution to experimental animal and human psychology by Oskar Pfungst
The second and third addends in group B are derived in the same way.
From The Psychology of Arithmetic by Edward L. (Edward Lee) Thorndike
Since we have three addends in each group, the problem reduces itself to multiplying 999 by 3, or to taking 3000 − 3.
From The Psychology of Arithmetic by Edward L. (Edward Lee) Thorndike
