minuend

[min-yoo-end]

noun Arithmetic.

a number from which another is subtracted.

Origin of minuend

1700–10; < Latin minuendus (numerus) (number) to be diminished or made smaller, (gerundive of minuere), equivalent to minu- (see minus) + -endus gerundive suffix

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Historical Examples of minuend

The subtrahend is placed under the minuend to be drawn from it.
Orthography
Elmer W. Cavins
Which is the larger (largest) number, the minuend or the subtrahend?
Practical Exercises in English
Huber Gray Buehler
Minuend, min′ū-end, n. the number from which another is to be subtracted.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M)
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British Dictionary definitions for minuend

minuend

noun

the number from which another number, the subtrahend, is to be subtractedCompare subtrahend

Word Origin for minuend

C18: from Latin minuendus (numerus) (the number) to be diminished

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Word Origin and History for minuend

"number from which another number is to be subtracted," 1706, from Latin minuendus (numerus), gerundive past participle of minuere "to reduce, diminish, make small" (see minus).

minuend in Science

minuend

[mĭn′yōō-ĕnd′]

A number from which another is subtracted. For example, in the numerical expression 100 - 23 = 77, the minuend is 100.