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augend

[aw-jend, aw-jend]
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noun Mathematics.
  1. a number to which another is added in forming a sum.Compare addend(def 2).
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Origin of augend

1905–10; < Latin augendum a thing to be increased, noun use of neuter of augendus to be increased, gerund of augēre to increase
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British Dictionary definitions for augend

augend

noun
  1. a number to which another number, the addend, is added
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Word Origin

from Latin augendum that is to be increased, from augēre to increase
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augend in Science

augend

[ô′jĕnd′]
  1. A quantity to which the addend is added.
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