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multiplicand Math.|ˌmʌltɪplɪˈkænd, ˈmʌltɪplɪkænd|
[ad. L. multiplicand-us, gerundive of multiplicāre to multiply. Cf. F. multiplicande (16th c.).]
The quantity to be multiplied: correlative to multiplier.
1594Blundevil Exerc. i. iv. (1636) 9 The multiplicand, which must alwayes stand above. 1674S. Jeake Arith. (1696) 23 Multiply every figure of the Multiplicand by the multiplying digit. 1798Hutton Course Math. (1806) I. 32 Set the multiplier under the lowest denomination of the multiplicand, and draw a line below it. 1859B. Smith Arith. & Algebra (ed. 6) 11 The number to be repeated or added to itself, is called the Multiplicand. 1875Encycl. Brit. II. 528/1 The process of multiplication by a single digit—by 8, for instance—is nothing but an abridgement of the operation of writing the multiplicand eight times and adding. |