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multiplicand

American  
[muhl-tuh-pli-kand] / ˌmʌl tə plɪˈkænd /

noun

Arithmetic.
  1. a number to be multiplied by another.


multiplicand British  
/ ˌmʌltɪplɪˈkænd /

noun

  1. a number to be multiplied by another number, the multiplier See also multiplier

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

multiplicand Scientific  
/ mŭl′tə-plĭ-kănd /
  1. A number that is multiplied by another number.


Etymology

Origin of multiplicand

1585–95; < Latin multiplicandum, noun use of neuter of multiplicandus to be multiplied, gerundive of multiplicāre to multiply 1

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This product he again multiplied by 3, which gave 136,800, the product of the multiplicand by 300.

From Curiosities of Human Nature by Anonymous

Such was the multiplicand to make the future race.

From The Entailed Hat Or, Patty Cannon's Times by George Alfred Townsend

That Dakin did not also was only due to the unavoidable fact that he had no multiplicand to set over the multiplier.

From Tramping Through Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras — Being the Random Notes of an Incurable Vagabond by Harry Alverson Franck

The table of multiples will them be as in C. The next step is to arrange the multiplier and the multiplicand above the partial products.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" by Various

It remained, therefore, to multiply this by 78, which he effected by multiplying 2,280, or the product of the multiplicand, multiplied by 5, by 15, as 5 times 15 is 75.

From Curiosities of Human Nature by Anonymous

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